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Foreword 


Iowa's  River  to  River  Road,  extending  trom  Daven- 
port to  Council  Bluffs  across  what  the  whole  world 
grants  is  one  of  the  garden  places  of  earth,  is  one  of 
those  instances  of  highway   making   which   have  come 

- ."  about  through  the   co-operative  i  ffort  of   the   people  of 

*|S  many  cities  and  towns  and  their  adjacent  countrysides, 

^^  acting  in   accordance   with   plans   prepared   by   automo- 

bile owners  and  makers.  These  thoroughfares  are  ex- 
tending to  all  parts  of  tae  united  States  and  it  is  already  certain  that  they  are  to  form 
the  basis  of  that  comprehensive  development  of  good  roads  which  has  been  long  desired 
for  comfort  and  long  den^anded  by  economic  reciuirements,  but  which,  until  the  great 
automobile  endurance  tours  came,  did  not  seem  possible  of  speedy  attainment.  The 
farmer  had  felt  keenly  for  years  his  need  of  good  highways;  but,  except  in  a  very 
partial  way,  he  did  not  realize  much  of  his  hopes  in  that  direction  until  the  auto  en- 
thusiast joined  with  him  in  efforts  to  reach  a  common  end.  In  the  case  of  Iowa's  River 
to  River  Road,  the  famous  Glidden  tour,  scheduled  to  pass  along  its  length  if  it  could  be 
made  available,  was  the  immediate  occasion  for  the  improvement  of  the  highway.  Com- 
mittees of  business  and  professional  men  and  farmers  in  each  county  gladly  and  en- 
ergetically assumed  the  resptnsibility  and  expense  of  preparation  of  a  part  of  this  road. 
The  King  drag  was  brought  into  action,  fills  were  made  where  necessary,  and,  in  so  short 
a  time  that  the  achievement  seemed  little  less  than  miraculous,  an  excellent  highway 
in  all  weathers  was  prepared  the  width  of  the  Hawkeye  state,  a  highway  doubtless 
destined  to  such  further  improvement  in  the  near  future  that  it  will  become  part  of  a 
great  national  pike  on  the  way  between  Chicago  and  Denver. 

While  the  effort  of  many  persons  thus  bro  ught  the  road  to  its  present  state  of  ex- 
cellence and  thereby  added  many  thousands  of  dollars  to  the  economic  resources  of  the 
state,  it  is  nevertheless  true  that  especial  mention  should  be  made  of  several  in- 
dividuals for  the  essential  parts  they  took  in  the  matter.  To  Lafayette  Young, 
publisher  of  The  Dos  Moines  Daily  Capital,  and  publicist  and  orator  of  national 
reputation,  is  assuredly  due  the  credit  for  the  suggestion  of  the  road  and  its  route  and 
he  may,  therefore,  very  justly  be  called  its'  founder.  What  more  fitting  monument  could 


Sheep  at  the  Colonies,  South  Aiiiana 


such  a  public  man  have  of  his  career  of effortin theger.eralinterest?  Through 
the  columns  of  his  paper  Mr.  Young  gave  freely  and  without  limit  the  need- 
ed initial  publicity  for  the  organization  of  the  project,  and  the  bright  young 
men  of  the  Capital  were  always  and  everywhere  on  the  ground,  recording 
the  progress  of  the  work  as  soon  as  it  was  under  way  and  up  to  the  hour  of 
its  completion.  The  other  Des  Moines  papers  and  the  papers  of  all  the  other 
cities  along  the  line  of  the  road  and  throughout  the  whole  state,  for  that 
matter,  did  yeoman  service  in  the  good  cause.  The  press,  indeed,  was  a 
unit  and  evidence  was  again  given  that  Iowa  has  the  most  intelligent  and 
most  alert  newspapers,  daily  and  weekly,  in  the  United  States,  as  well  as 
the  most  prosperous.  An  able  lieutenant  of  Mr.  Young  in  his  campaign  for 
the  River  to  River  Road,  and  one  whose   enthusiasm  and   ability   were  every 

moment  effective,  is  Mr.  J.  W.  Eichinger,  good  roads  editor  of  the  Capital.  Ho  followed  carefully  the  demon- 
stration of  the  truth  of  his  chief's  expressed  belief  in  what  road  dragging  methods  could  do  to  the  highways  of 
Iowa  under  present  legislation  and  levies  with  the  existing  township  and  county  road  making  organizations. 

Perhaps  it  will  not  seem  a  bit  of  boasting,  if  it  is  said  that,  just  as  the  new  highway  is  a  step  in 
advance,  just  so  are  the  maps  presented  in  connection  with  this  text  an  improvement  over  others  of 
the  kind.  A  novelty  of  them,  at  any  rate,  lies  in  the  fact  that  they  can  be  fixed  without  refer- 
ence to  the  descriptions  accompanying  them,  though  it  is  hoped  to  make  the  latter  illuminating  and  other- 
wise well  worth  while.  The  noted  Automobile  Blue  Book  of  the  East  has  not  this  advantage  for  its  users, 
and  in  this  respect,  it  is  submitted,  Iowa  map  makers  have  set  a  new  standard  certain  to  be  very  widely 
appreciated  and  speedily  accepted  by  their  competitors  in  other  parts  of  the  country.  It 
is  not  too  much  to  say  that  these  are  the  best  road  maps  ever  published.  Their  accuracy 
is  assured  for  the  reason  that  the  engineers  of  the  Iowa  Publishing  Company,  under  the 
personal  supervision  of  M.  Huebinger,  C.  E.,  of  Des  Moines,  have  an  established  reputa- 
tion in  their  profession  second  to  none  in  the  United  States. 

Acknowledgment,  last  but  by  no  means  least,  should  be  made  to  those  who,  in  the 
several  communities  along  the  route  of  the  road,  expedited  matters  by  conveying  the 
engineering  parties,  the  scouting  autos  and  the  men  of  the  press  from  point  to  point  along 
the  great  highway.  Their  assistance  was  invaluable  and  the  spirit  in  which  they  render- 
ed  it  made  the  work  one  of  pleasure  as  well  as  use.  These  men  are  an  important  part 
of  the  River  to  River  Road  Association  which  comprises  all  those  who  have  assisted  (li- 
Aiuny  the  Road  rectly  and  indirectly  in  the  project. 


The  bottom  dropped  out  of  Iowa  roads  during  the  fall  of  1909  as  every  lowan 
remembers,  and  the  Glidd?n  tour  was  in  sight  for  advertisement  of  the  state  for 
good  or  ill.  This  is  why  the  work  was  andertaken.  The  River  to  River  Road  As- 
sociation, formed  as  a  part  of  the  state  >vide  plans  formulated  by  delegates  called 
together  officially  by  Governor  Carroll,  undertook  the  achievement.  With  an  execu- 
tive committeeman  in  each  of  twelve  counties  in  charge  of  the  work  in  his  county, 
things  moved  quickly.  Grades  were  built  up,  wet  places  drained  and  hundreds  ot 
drags  put  in  operation.  This  is  how  the  work  was  carried  out.  Moreover,  the 
same  methods  and  the  same  organization  are  keeping  the  highway  in  its  new  con- 
dition, and,  in  fact,  bettering  it,  from  day   to  day. 

That  apostle  of  Democracy,  the  Fren  chman  De  Tocpieville,  whose  visions  of  a 
century  ago  are  still  steadily  coming  true,  and  who  saw  as  deeply  and  as  clearly 
into  the  human  heart  as  any  man  of  modern  times,  said  in  his  noble  work  "Democ- 
racy in  America,"  that  "the  valley  of  the  Mississippi  is,  upon  the  whole,  the  most  magnificent  dwelling  place 
prepared  by  God  for  man's  abode."  All  of  the  River  to  River  Road  lies  in  this  valley,  since  the  Missouri  is 
a  tributary  of  the  Mississippi,  and  the  traveler  along  the  length  of  the  new  highway,  as  well  as  along  any 
part  of  it.  is  likely  to  agree  with  De  Toqueville  in  the  latter's  estimate  of  the  beauty  and  fertility  of  the  coun- 
try through  which  it  passes.  Indeed,  it  is  hard  to  determine  with  justice  that  any  one  part  of  the  territory 
traversed  is  more  attractive  than  any  other.  Each  has  its  peculiar  advantages,  offsetting,  as  it  were,  those  of  an- 
other. 

The    Publishers 


Musquaki  Indians  campiny 
along  road 


Near  ilai  eugo 


River   to   River   Road 
Association 


OFFICERS 


W.  E.  WEEKS.  Chairman. 

J.  W.  EICHINGER.  Secreiam. 


Gulhrie  Center 
Des  Moines.   Polk  ('ounty 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEEMEN 


DICK  R.   I.ANE. 

FRANK  C.  CARSON. 

C.  M.  BEEM.      - 

B.  J.  RICKER. 

L.  U.  BAUM.      - 

W.  E.  MOVER 

M.  W.  THORNBURG.     - 

J.  W.  FOSTER.      - 

EDWIN   DELAHOYDE - 

DR.  F.  W.  PORTERFILED. 

CHARLES  R.   HANAN     - 


Da\enport.   Scotl  (bounty 

Iowa  City.  Johnson  Cuunty 

Marengo.   Iowa  County 

-     Grinnell.   Poweshiek  County 

Newton,  Jasper  County 

Des  Moines.  Polk  County 

RedBeld  Dallas  i!^ounty 

Guthrie  Center.  Guthrie  (bounty 

Exira.  Auduban  County 

Atlantic.  Cass  (bounty 

Council  Blutfs,  Pottawattamie  Co. 


River   to   River   Road 


Col.  Lafayette  Young 

Editor  and  Publisher  Des  Moines 

Daily  Capital 


Iowa's  River  to  River  Road  is  a  dragged  road  from  Davenport  to  Council  Bluffs. 
It  crosses  Iowa  in  almost  a  straight  line  from  river  to  river  along  the  main  .-cute 
of  all  transcontinental  travel.  The  ro id  is  380  miles  long.  It  passes  through  Ues 
Moines,  capital  of  the  state,  a  dozen  bright,  hustling,  little  cities,  ranging  from  5,000 
to  25,000  inhabitants  and  some  thirty  small  towns  and  villages.  There  are  over  GOO 
farm  houses  fronting  on  the  road  and  more  than  1,500  that  stand  within  one  mile 
of  the  road. 

The  River  to  River  Road  has  been  improved  and  is  being  maintained  by  the 
River  to  River  Association.  This  is  an  organization  comprising  business  and  pro- 
fessional men  living  along  the  road  in  each  of  the  twelve  counties  through  which 
it  passes.  There  is  an  executive  committeeman  in  each  county  who  has  full  charge 
of  everything  pertaining  to  the  road  in  his  territory.  Headquarters  are  maintained  with 
the  association  secretary  in  charge  in  the  office  of  The  Des  Moines  Capital. 

The  River  to  River  Road  is  a  newspaper  enterprise  backed  up  by  the  co-operation  of 
all  the  people  living  along  the  road.  It  was  planned  and  carried  to  completion  as  an  ob 
ject  lesson  in  road  making  and  as  one  phase  of  a  general  good  roads  campaign  conducted 
through  the  columns  of  The  Capital  by  J.  W.  Eichinger,  good  roads  editor  of  The  Capital. 
Col.  Lafayette  Young,  editor  and  publisher  of  The  Capital,  first  broached  the  idea  of  a 
River  to  River  Road.  He  urged  it  as  a  demonstration  of  what  road  dragging  methods  could 
do  to  the  highways  of  Iowa  under  present  road  legislation  and  levies  and  with  the  exist- 
ing township  and  county  road  making  organizations. 

During  the  fall  of  1909  Iowa's  highways  were  the  worst  in  many  years.  The  bottom 
simply  dropped  out  all  over  the  state.  Rural  routes  were  discontinued,  some  times  for 
weeks  in  succession.  It  became  apparent  more  than  ever  before  that  the  one  greatest 
need  in  Iowa  was  improved  highways.  No  one  in  the  state  could  realize  this  so  well  as 
the  state  news  editor  of  a  great  state  wide  paper.    It  was  at  this  time  when  the  burden  of  jir.  j  w.  eichinger 

all  correspondence  coming  into  the  office  of  The  Capital  was  the  condition  of  the  public      Telegraph  and  Iowa  News 
highways,  that  a  campaign  for  road  improvement  was  determined  upon.  Through  a  chance  Editor  Des  Moines 

Capital 


remark  of  William  Wiseman,  former  City  Editor  of  The  i.'apital,  the  good  roads 
editor  learned  of  Col.  Young's  suggestion  of  a  River  to  fliver  Road  This  was 
seized  upon  as  the  concrete  thing  to  be  accomplished  and  to  be  made  the  basis 
of  the  entire  general  campaign.  The  River  to  River  Road  idea  and  the  plan  tor 
having  the  road  improved  and  maintained  by  the  co-operation  of  the  people  liv- 
ing along  the  road  was  sprung.  The  plan  was  based  on  the  road  officers  of  an  un- 
broken line  of  townships  from  one  side  of  the  state  to  the  other,  improving  and 
maintaining  the  section  of  the  road  lying  inside  their  town?hip  borders.  The  idea 
caught  on.  The  general  good  roads  campaign  caught  on  also.  March  8  and  9.  in 
response  to  a  call  issued  by  Governor  Carroll,  2,000  delegates  gathered  in  Des 
Moines  in  a  general  state  convention  and  in  response  to  a  call  from  the  good 
roads  editor  of  The  Capital  200  delegates  from  the  twelve  River  to  River  Road 
counties  gathered  in  a  caucus  on  the  River  to  River  Road.  There  was  a  hot 
fight  over  rival  routes,  but  in  the  end  the  River  to   River  Road  Association   was 

organized.  Live  men  were  secured  in  each  county  as  executive  committeemen.  These  men  organized  their 
counties,  and  finally  set  to  work  upon  the  actual  imprcxiug  of  the  highway.  Grades  were  built  up,  wet  place-; 
drained  and  hundreds  of  road  drags  set  to  work.  Within  a  short  time  a  large  portion  of  the  road  was  under 
road  dragging  contracts,  in  which  farmers  living  along  the  road,  agreed  to  drag  the  highway  after  every  rain  and 
receive  the  state  drag  law,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  per  mile  traveled  by  the  drag 

J.  W.    Eichinger 


Near  West  Liberty 


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Dai  Lewis.  Glidden  Tour  Pathfinder. 

congratulating  Mr.  H.J.  Kicker,  of  Griimeil. 

upon  splendid  condition  of  Iowa  Ro.^ds 


Davenport 


High  Schuul 


At  Davenport,  which  sits  so  majestically  upon  its  hills  overlooking  the  noble 
stream  which  laves  its  shores,  one  very  naturally,  and  very  properly,  goes  to  Rods 
Island  arsenal  on  the  government  island  opposits  the  great  city  which  is  spreading 
out  over  so  much  of  the  eastern  part  of  Scott  County.  It  is  from  this  island  that  one 
of  the  inost  extensive  of  the  world's  railway  systems  takes  its  name  and  over  its 
tracks,  crossing  the  island,  the  heavy  traffic  of  transcontinental  transport  and  travel 
is  daily  shunted  back  and  forth  with  the  speed  of  lightning.  From  car  windows  mil- 
lions have  eagerly  taught  glimpses  of  the  beauties  of  this  reservation,  which,  in  the 
midst  of  the  scenes  of  peace,  is  devoted  to  the  purposes  of  war.  Here  is  the  greatest  ordnance  manufacturing 
establishment  in  the  United  States,  destined,  if  wars  shall  not  cease,  to  be  one  of  the  greatest  in  the  world.  Here, 
too.  is  one  of  the  iinest  natural  parks  in  existence,  golf  links  that  have  been  pronounced  the  peer  of  any  in  the 
world,  and  old  buildings  and  cemeteries.  Union  and  Confederate,  which  give  a  spot  naturally  charming  a  high 
historical  interest.  The  length  of  this  island  can  be  traversed  in  an  auto  over  a  government  road  of  macadam 
that  gives  one  an  idea  of  what  the  River  to  River  road  itself  may  be  in  the  course  of  time,  if  the  present  in- 
terest is  not  allowed  to  subside  and  the  present  organization  for  improvement  is  sedulously  maintained.  The 
arsenal  road  is  road  perfection,  nothing  less. 

Leaving  the  smooth  going  of  this  macadam  and  returning  by  the  plank  roadway  of  the  government's  great 
steel  bridge,  erected  under  the  engineering  direction  of  Ralph  Modjeska,  son  of  Madame  Modjeska,  the  noble 
woman  ana  gifted  actress,  wiiose  recent  death  in  California  left  the  world  in  tears, 
one  honks  down  the  asphalted  streets  of  Davenport,  assuredly  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful and  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  Midwestern  American  cities.  Here,  counting 
the  cities  of  Rock  Island  and  Moline,  which  find  their  metropolitan  center  on  the 
Iowa  side,  is  a  community  very  compactly  built,  covering  in  fact  hardly  more  than 
half  of  the  area  of  the  city  of  Des  Moines,  and  yet  possessing  a  population  of  not 
le.=  ;-.  than  125,000  souls.  The  growth  of  each  decade  of  late  has  been  about  25,0U'J. 
with  a  decided  tendency  to  accelerancn  as  the  aggregate  increases.  It  is  perfectly 
certain  that  there  is  to  be  at  this  point  on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  a  two-state 
cit\  of  not  less  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  people  in  the  cotirse  of  another  genera- 
tion. Always  an  important  distributing  point  for  eastern  Iowa  and  western  Illinois. 
Davenport  has  been  growing  grear  at  the  expense  of  its  neighbors  in  the  manufac- 
turing and  wholesaling  lines  and  has  easily  been  able  to  hold  its  own  in  all  fie    .1  in 


the  face  of  keen  competition  from  Chicago,  less  than  200  miles  away.  Through 
the  activity  and  well  directed  efforts  of  its  business  men  in  their  associated  capac- 
ity, it  has  cultivated  a  steadily  enlarging  field  of  trade,  until,  in  these  days,  wherever 
one  goes  in  Iowa  one  meets  the  Davenport  traveling  man  carrying  sample  cases 
for  Davenport  houses  and  extremely  proud  of  it,  Ix)ve  of  his  city  is  the  striking 
characteristic  of  the  Davenporter,  and  when  one  has  seen  his  city  and  its  sur- 
roundings as  one  may  easily  do  in  an  auto  any  fine  day,  one  does  not  wonder  at  all 
that  he  feels  that  way  about  it.  Up  at  Bettendorf,  which  is  an  adjacent  suburb, 
there  is  one  of  the  mammoth  factories  of  the  country  in  process  of  erection  and  at 
the  same  time  in  operaiion  day  and  night  making  steel  cars  for  the  railways.  It 
would  take  a  book  iarger  than  this  one  merely  to  enumerate  the  industries  of  Dav- 
enport.  Besides  it  is  more  pleasant  to  visit  the  parks  and   traverse  the  boulevards. 


Schuetzen  Park 


Walcott 


Walcott  is  situated  a  half  mile  off  the  River  to  River  road,  thirteen  miles  from  Davenport  and 

is  the  first  station  on  the  Rock  Island's  main  line  west  of  that  city.  It  is  easily  reached  by 
a  short  detour  from  the  main  highway  and  is  the  location  of  a  well  eqiiipped  and  intelligently 
conducted  garage.  Town  and  its  surroundings  lie  on  absolutely  level  ground  and  the  country  in  the  vicinity  is 
often  referred  to  as  some  of  the  best  in  the  entire  state  Streets  of  the  town  are  partly  macadamized  and  being 
constantly  improved.  Also  lawns  and  gardens  are  well  kept  and  the  stranger  is  impressed  with  the  note  of 
neatness  prevailing  in  the  community,  which  is  largely  a  German  one.  A  good  bank  offers  accommodations  of 
its  kind  to  the  tourist,  and  the  business  houses  and  hotels  are  of  unusual  excellence.  The  high  tower  of  the 
water  works  may  be  climbed  and  from  the  top,  guarded  by  a  railing,  one  may  obtain  a  good  view  of  the 
surroundings. 


On  tlie  Missis.sippi 
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A  Residence  Street 


J.        Durant   is   a  typical  town  of  this  part  of  the  state,  a  tidy  little 

11  rune        city  where  it  is  pleasant   to    stop   and   where   the   inhabitants 

are  agreeable  and  helpful.     One  finds  a  hearty  welcome  here 

at  any  time  of  the  day  and  has,  through  the  medium  of  the   stores  and   repair 

shops,  means  of  first  aid  to  the  injured  machine  and  resources  in  the  way  of 

needed  supplies  of  all  sorts. 

Wilfrkn      Tiinofion       Wilton  Junction   is   a  town  of  1,200   inhabitants 
lllUIl     JUIlCllUIl      and   is   situated    on   the   main   line   of   the   Rock 

Island  railroad.  A  branch  runs  from  here  to  Mus- 
catine, connecting  with  the  Kansas  City  division  of  the  same  system.  The  town 
is  known  far  and  wide  for  its  fine  residences  and  public  improvements  such  as 
cement  walks  in  every  part  of  the  corporation.  The  mayor  and  city  council  are 
progressive  and  good  water  works  and  electric  light  plant  are  municipally  owned 
and  operated  with  success  and  iToflt  to  the  taxpayers  and  consumers.  The  Warner  Arc  Light  Company  and  the 
Muscatine  French  Cheese  Company  are  located  here  and  ship  their  products  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  The 
Commercial  club  is  active  in  getting  such  industries  and  progressive  in  other  ways.  B.  W.  Clark  is  the  presi- 
dent of  this  organization  and  H.  E.  Nicolaus  secretary.     A.  R.  Whitmer  is  mayor  of  the  city. 

lVrn«iPnvv      ^^  ^  ^^^''  ^^P'^s'':'"'  ^°''  ^''-  Charles  Drury,  later  Mr.  Biglow  laid  out  an  addition.     In  1866,  a  dam 
•'■'^-'-'J^*^*-' "       was  built  across  the  Cedar  River,  and  a  mill  built  in  1867.  which,  like  many  other  schemes  ot 
early  days,  proved  an  unfortunate  investment      Moscow   is  much  admired   for  its   fine  location 
on  the  banks  of  the  Cedar  river.  ! 


Atal 


ISC'!      Was  platted  and  filed  for  record  by  John    P.    Cook    and    William    Lundy,    January    31,    1856.      Mr. 
lastl      Lundy  being  the  former  owner  of  the  land.     The  River  to  River  road  bounds  the  southern  limits. 


Wf  «t     T    lKf»rT\/       West    Liberty,    an    important  railroad  and  residence  town,  is  situated  on  land  as  level 
ttCsI    A^lUt-riy        as  a  table  and  capable  of  producing  all  kinds  of  grain.     It  is  the  division   point  for 

postiil  clerks  on  the  main  line,  east  and  west,  of  the  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  railway,  and  the 
residence  also  of  a  large  number  of  traveling  men  who  find  here  a  convenient  as  well  as  pleasant  place  to  live. 
The  north  and   south  line   of  the  Rock   Island,   carrying  trains  from  St.  Paul  to  St.  Louis,  crosses  the  Chicago- 

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Denvei-  line  at  this  point,  with  the  result  that,  on  both  lines  of  the  system  there  are  thirty-two  passenger 
trains  daily.     There  is  a  good  restaurant  and  an  excellent  hotel. 

The  town   has   a   population   of  2,000   and   is   surrounded   by   a  thickly   settled  farming  community. 

Over  ninety  per  cent  of  the  people  are  American  and  the  majority  of  the  land  is  owned  by  the  farmers 
who  occupy  it. 

Land  values  have  reached  as  high  if  not  the  highest  figure  of  any  place  in  the  state. 

The  town  has  four  churches  and  splendid  schools,  owns  and  operates  municipal  water  and  electric  I'ght 
plants,  and  will  install  a  system  of  sewerage  the  present  year.  There  are  three  strong  banks,  and  all  other 
lines  of  business  are  represented. 

The  section  of  the  county  in  which  West  Liberty  is  situated  boasts  the  best  roads  in  *.he  county,  the  farmers 
being  progressive   and  diligent  in   keeping  them  in  excellent  condition. 

The  large  milk  condensing  plant  which  is  located  at  this  place  makes  it  one  of  the  best  locations  for  dairy 
farming   in    the   state. 


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Iowa   City 


There  are  cities  and  towns  each  boasting  of  their  distinctive  advantages  in  this  and  that  particular  line  to 
attract  the  attention  of  those  looking  for  what  they  term  "a  better  location" — a  place  that  has  the  complete 
requisites  for  the  home  life  as  well  as  for  business,  whether  it  be  mercantile,  industrial  or  professional. 

When  you  are  looking  for  the  "City  Beautiful"  possessed  with  the  advantages  of  rearing  the  young  men  and 
the  young  women  for  the  higher  walks  of  life,  you  have  Iowa  City  standing  ready  to  serve  humanity  in  the 
future  as  in  the  past.  Our  great  State  University  has  graduated  young  men  and  young  women  wbo  have  held 
and  today  hold  some  of  the  most  responsible  public  offices  in  these  United  States.  Men  who  have  shaped  and 
molded,  and  are  molding  the  future  of  this  nation,  have  gone  out  from  the  State  University  in  Iowa  City. 

The  opportunities  for  a  livelihood  in  Iowa  City  are  most  excellent.  The  city  shows  increase  and  growth  in 
population,  is  abreast  and  in  many  instances  surpassing  other  cities  of  this  country  havmg  10,000  population, 
which  is  credited  to  Iowa  City  by  a  fair-sized  margin,  and  which  does  not  include  the  students  and  attendance 
at   the   university,   numbering   about   2,500. 

The  environments  here  are  of  the  best.  In  this  connection 
we  take  rride  in  our  Y.  M.  C.  A.  home,  costing  over  $25,000,  our 
public  library,  the  finely  equipped  university  library  and  mu- 
seum, our  city  parks,  one  of  which  covers  over  eighty  acres  and 
is  a  garden  spot  supplied  with   attractions  for  young  people. 

A  fine  water  system,  recently  equipped  at  a  great  expense, 
with  the  most  modern  filters.  The  water  is  pumped  not  from 
th(>  Iowa  river,  but  from  an  underground  supply,  assuring  pure, 
wholesome   water   which   is   conducive  to  good  health. 

A  sewerage  system,  well  installed,  measures  25  miles  in 
length,  25  miles  of  bitulithic  paving  adds  to  the  appearance  of 
the  city,  also  40  miles  of  granatoid  walks.  Oas  mains  cover  an 
area  of  25  miles.  For  the  care  of  the  sick  and  unfortunate 
Iowa  City  has  three  large,  well  equipped  hospitals  with  70 
nurses  and  the  best  of  medical  science  in  attendance.  Three 
daily  and  one  tri-weekly  newspapers  furnish  the  news  for  Iowa 
City  and  vicinity. 

A  commercial  club,  located  in  quarters  that  would  be  a  cred- 


OLD  ST.A.TE  CAPITAL 

Where  Territorial  and  State  Legislatures  met  until  1857 

—Now  University  Administration  Building. 


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Elks  Club  Building 


Elks    club     uuilding    just    recently 
completed  costing  over  $35,000  and  Is  complete  in  every  particular.     The 
Country  Club  and  golf  links  along  the  beautiful  Iowa  river  affords  an  ex- 
cellent outing  during  the  summer  months. 

Tourists  and  visitors  are  always  welcome  to  all  Iowa  City  clubs  and 
club  buildings  and  a  card  addressed  to  the  secretary  of  the  commercial 
club  asking  for  information  will  bring  to  you  more  details  about  Iowa 
City,  the  '"City  Beautiful,"  and  its  citizens. 

The  Iowa  City  Automobile  Club  is  a  strong,  active  organization  and 
is  doing  excellent  work  in  promoting  the  cause  for  good,  well  drained  high- 
ways. 

In  short,  "Know  Iowa  City,"  the  educational  center  of  the  middle  west. 
The  place  for  business,  homes  and  education. 


Robt.    N.    Carson. 


it  to  any  city  twice  the  size  of  Iowa  City  and  with  a  membership  of 
250  is  actively  engaged  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  city  and  its 
citizens.  That  Iowa  City  has  a  great  future  is  evidenced  by  the  ac- 
tivities in  interurbans  at  this  time,  now  having  a  line  to  Cedar  Rapids 
on  the  north,  two  more  interurbans  are  to  be  built.  One  to  Davenport  on 
the  east  and  one  to  Otumwa  on  the  southwest.  A  street  car  system  will 
be  built  before  snow  flies  in  the  :iutumn  of  1910. 

Iowa  City  is  to  be  the  "Interarban  Hub"  of  the  State  of  Iowa.  The 
traveling  salesman  knows  what  this  will  mean  to  him  as  an  easy  point 
of  access.  He  is  looking  for  a  good  city  in  which  to  live  to  educate  his 
family  and  give  them  the  best  of  environment  and  at  the  same  time  be 
able  to  get  out  over  his  territory  on  an  hourly  service  in  most  any  direc- 
tion and  make  connection  with  steam  railway  trunk  lines  in  addition 
to  the  splendid  service  afforded  north,  east,  south  and  west  over  the 
Omaha  main  line  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Ry.  Speaking 
of  club  advantages,  this  city  has  an 


IOWA  AVENUE.  IOWA  CITY 
"The  most  beautiful  street  I  have  seen 
in  the  United  States  in  any  city  of  this  size." 
— John  Temple  Graves.   Editor  New  York 
American. 


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Tiffin        Tiffin  is  situated  eight  miles  west  of  Iowa  City  on  the  Roclf  Island  railroad  line  and  the  Marengo 
X  11 11 11       road,  the  main  highway  east  and  west  through  this  section  and  part  of  the  River  to  River  Road  runs 

through  the  village,  which  has  a  population  of  200.  There  is  one  bank,  a  lumber  yard,  a  coal  yard, 
two  large  general  stores,  one  meat  market,  a  blacksmith  shop,  an  implement  warehouse,  two  garages,  a  hotel, 
four  gasoline  stations,  and  a  tile  factory  employing  twenty  men.  There  are  two  churches  in  the  town.  The 
Cartercar,  the  Overland  and  the  Oakland  machines  are  handled  by  the  local  dealers.  Thirty  cars  are  owned  in 
the  township.  Tiffin  is  one  of  the  greatest  automobile  centers  in  the  world  for  its  size.  Every  other  man 
thinks  and  talks  car  most  of  the  time.  Tourists,  as  might  be  expected,  are  cordially  welcomed  and  information 
is  given  that  is  accurate. 

/^-,fnrf1  ^°  incorporated  town  of  about  1,000  inhabitants,  located  on  the  main  line  of  the  C,  R.  I.  & 
KJX.LiJl  U  p  f>  f{ ^  252  miles  west  of  Chicago.  It  has  a  large  number  of  stores  of  all  kinds  and  is  doing  a 
prosperous  business.  The  township  surrounding  is  rolling  and  best  adapted  to  stock  raising,  nearly 
all  the  productions  of  the  township  as  well  as  ad.ioining  ones,  are  shipped  from  this  point.  During  the  past  few 
years  Oxford  has  gained  considerably  in  population,  and  will  no  doubt  continue  to  grow.  The  town  was  laid 
out  by  C.  S.  Wilcox  in  1869  or  1S70.  and  since  then  several  additions  have  been  added. 


At  Tiffin 


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Amana    Society 


l.iitiiifaii  llouiestead 

Homestead  and  South  Amana  are  towns  owned  by  the  Amana  Society,  which  the  tourist  will  tind  well  worth 
careful  study.  Strangers  are  kindly  treated  and  assisted  in  every  possible  way  in  these  communities.  The 
Amana  Society  is  an  organization  ot  a  religious  nature,  but  combines  also  methods  and  systems  of  living  and  con- 
ducting; business  in  a  socialistic  way  that  reflect  great  credit  upon  the  association.  It  is  said  that  the  society 
originated  in  Germany  about  the  year  1714  among  those  who  desired  a  peaceful  life,  and  with  less  formality 
than  was  exercised  by  existing  religious  sects  and  denominations.  They  were  especially  opposed  to  wars  or  any 
participation  therein,  their  position  on  this  subject  being  summed  up  in  the  following  declarations: 

First.    The  teachings  of  Christ  forbid  war. 

Second.     The   precepts   and   practice   of   the    apostles  agree  with  the  teachings  of  Christ. 

Third.  The  early  Christians  were  firm  in  their  belief  in  the  unjustness  of  war  and  many  suffered  death  in 
affirmation  ol  this  belief. 

Fourth.  War  is  not  a  necessary  evil,  for  if  the  peoi)le  would  not  fight,  ambitious  rulers  would  either  have  to 
fight  themselves  or  dwell  in  peace  and  harmony. 

Fifth.  The  general  character  of  Christianity  is  wholly  inconsistent  with  war  and  its  general  duties  are  con- 
trary to  it. 

Growth  of  the  Society 

The  growth  of  the  order  by  additions  of  believers  and  a  community  of  thought  led  the  society  to  lease  lands 
and  factories  where  they  could  bring  their  membership  together,  and  little  by  little  they  became  socialistic  and 
in  time  the  idea  of  a  community  of  interest  became  a  part  of  their  faith  and  plan  of  life. 


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In  1842  Mons.  Cabet's  book  on  communism,  and  imaginary  uto])ian  dream 
called  "The  Voyage  and  Adventures  of  Lord  Carisdal  in  Icaria,"  seemed  to  stim- 
ulate the  society  to  a  new  movement  in  search  of  a  new  and  broader  field  and 
greater  liberty  of  action,  with  less  of  the  antagonism  experienced  in  the  old 
country.  So  in  1842  four  men  were  selected  to  visit  America  and  look  up  a  new 
location.  They  reached  this  country  toward  the  last  of  October,  1842,  and  first 
examined  lands  near  Lake  Chautauqua,  in  western  New  York,  but  were  not  suit- 
eJ.  They  then  examined  lands  near  Buffalo,  soon  to  be  vacated  by  the  Seneca 
Indians,  and  finally  purchased  .5,000  acres  at  $10.50  an  iicre.  Members  of  the 
society  to  the  number  of  fifty  soon  came  over  and  in  May,  1843,  a  village  was  laid 

out  and   named   Ebenezer.     Later  two   other    villages    were    platted    and    called  Amana  Girls 

Upper  and   Lower   Ebenezer.  the   first  one    being   then    called    Middle    Ebenezer. 
A.  large  meeting  bouse  was  built,  also  school  houses,  as  v  ell  as  dwellings  and  a 

saw  mill.  By  the  end  of  1843  the  community  numbered  350  persons.  Some  trouble  of  an  annoying  nature  was 
had  with  the  Indians,  who  were  slow  to  vacate  the  lands,  in  time.  In  1844  members  had  come  over  from  the  old 
country  until  the  membership  reached  800.  In  February.  1845,  the  society  was  incorporated;  saw  mills,  grist 
mills   and   woolen   mills   were   built   and   additional   land  purchased  until  they  were  owners  of  8,000  acres. 

Move  to  Iowa 

After  some  years,  for  various  reasons,  the  elders  of  the  community  decided  to  look  up  a  new  location  where 
a  larger  area  of  cheaper  land  could  be  obtained,  farther  away  from  the  unpleasant  influences  of  a  rapidly  grow- 
ing city  like  Buffalo;  so  in  1855  the  society  selected  a  committee  to  go  west  in  search  of  a  more  satisfactory 
locality.  The  committee  finally  reached  Davenport,  Iowa,  then  went  to  Muscatine  and  from  there  up  the  Iowa 
river  to  Iowa  City,  where  the  state  capital  had  been  located;  from  Iowa  City  they  drove  westward  into  Iowa 
county,  where  setlement  had  just  begun,  where  land  was  cheap,  where  the  soil  was  rich  and  where  the  broad 
rolling  prairies  and  clear  running  streams  made  a  landscape  most  pleasing  and  attractive.  Government  land 
could  be  bought  at  $1.25  an  acre  and  settlers'  claims  at  $500  to  $800  a  quarter  section.  The  commitee  made  its 
report  and  the  society  at  once  bought  18,000  acres.  Then  began  the  removal  of  members  from  near  Buffalo  to  the 
new  location  in  Iowa  county,  Iowa.  Not  all  could  some  at  once.  It  took  nearly  ten  years  to  accomplish  the  sale 
of  the  eastern  property  and  bring  the  last  of  the  membership  to  Iowa.  In  the  meantime  improvemei" '  "  were 
made  as  rapidly  as  circumstances  would  permit.  On  acquiring  possession  of  the  land  they  at  once  laid  c:'  '  town 
about  a  mile  north  of  the  Iowa  river  on  a  beautiful  sloping  prairie  near  a  lake  of  about  200  acres  and  v.ith  a 
small  stream  running  through  the  proposed  village.  The  name  given  it  was  Amana,  found  in  the  Songs  of  Solo- 
mon  (Chap.  IV.-18).     The  meaning  of  the  word  is  "remain  true." 

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other  villages  were  afterwards  laid  out,  West  Amana,  and  South  Amana  in  1856,  High  Aniana  in  1857,  East 
Amana  in  1860,  Homestead  in  1S61,  Middle  Amana  in  1862  and  New  South  Amana  in  1883.  When  all  had  reached 
the  new  home  from  Buffalo  the  membership  was  1,200. 

The  civil  war  caused  them  some  embarrassment,  but  they  met  conditions  by  furnishing  money  for  the  em- 
ployment of  an  equitable  number  of  substitutes  at  $300  each. 


Regularly  Incorporated 

The  Aniana  Society  is  regularly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  state. 
Its  principal  object  is  defined  to  be  promotion  of  the  temporal  and  spiritual  wel- 
fare and  happiness  of  its  members;  and  its  principal  business  to  acquire  real 
and  personal  property,  to  carry  on  agricultural  and  mechanical  pursuits,  to  build 
villages,  churches,  schools,  factories,  etc.  The  legislative  management  of  the  so- 
ciety is  in  the  hands  of  thirteen  trustees  elected  annually.  The  executive  depart- 
ment consists  of  one  director,  one  vice-director  and  one  secretary  elected  annu- 
ally by  the  trustees. 

The  society  makes  steady  improvement   of   its   property   from   year   to   year 

More  and  more  land  was  placed  under  cultivation,  a   canal  nine   miles  long  w-as 

built  to  bring  water  from  the  Iowa  river  and  furnish  power,  taking  three  years 

to  construct;  an  artesian  well  was  put  down    1,600    feet,    grist    mills,    saw    mills, 

woolen  mills,  cotton  mills,  hominy  mills,  a  starch  factory,  soap  factory,  a  pepsin  factory,  stores,  lumber  and  coal 

and    cattle   yards,   school   houses,   dwellings,    meeting    houses,   barns   and   out-buildings   constructed   and   all   else 

needed  in  the  successful  management  of  its  affairs.     The  products  of  its  mills  are  "made  upon  honor,"  the  best 

of  their  kind,  and  find  a  ready  market.    The  Amana  Society  brand  has  won  the  implicit  confidence  of  the  public. 

The  society  has  three  physicians  who  look  after  the  sick  or  ailing. 


O.X  Team  Used  at  the  Society 


Eighty  Elders 

Eighty  elders  look  after  spiritual  matters,  conduct  Sunday  and  Wednesday  meetings  and  every  evening 
prayer  meetings.  They  believe  in  the  inspiration  of  the  Bible  and  make  it  the  cornerstone  of  their  faith.  They 
endeavor  to  be  guided  in  their  lives  by  the  teachings  of  Christ  and  the  Apostles. 


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They  believe  in  prayer,  in  the  resurrection,  and  in  reward  hereafter  for  the  good  and  punishment  for  the 
wicked.     They  indulge  in  singing,  but  not  instrumental  music. 

All  property  is  owned  by  the  society.     II  a  new  member  comes  in  from  outside  he  turns  in  his  property  and 
takes  a  receipt  for  it.     If  afterwards  he  wishes  to  withdraw  it  is  returned  to  him  without  interest. 
Each  family  has  its  own  hcise  and  garden  and  family  ties  are  held  sacred. 
They  believe  in  education  and  maintain  good  schools. 

They  dress  and  live  plainly,  but  their  tables  are  supplied  with  an  abundance  of  the  best  of  meats,  vegetables, 
fruits,   etc. 

The  growth  of  the  society  is  shown  by  the  statement  that  SOO  came  over  from  tho  did  country  and  settled 
at  Buffalo;  1,200  came  from  Buffalo  to  Iowa  and  the  membership  in  this  year  of  1910  numbers  about  1,800.  The 
society  now  owns  2.5,000  acres  of  choice  land,  thousands  of  head  of  cattle,  sheep,  hogs,  horses  and  poultry,  and 
mills  and  factories  that  turn  out  many  thousands  of  dollars  worth  of  products  every  year  beyond  the  needs  of 
thi!   community. 

The  foregoing  has  been  gleaned  in  part  from  an  interesting  work  by  Wm.  R.  Perkins  and  B.  L.  Wick,  entitled, 
■'History  of  tho  Ani-ra  Society  or  Community  of  True  Inspiration,"  published  by  the  University  press  at  Iowa 
City. 

This  city  is  named  after  the  plains  of  Marengo,  where 
Bonaparte  fought  his  battle  of  "Marengo,"  June  14, 
1800.  The  original  town  of  Marengo  was  created  by 
a  commission  to  locate  a  seat  of  justice  for  Iowa  county  and  it  is  said 
that  the  commission  which  traveled  in  a  platform  buggy,  and  after 
taking  the  necessary  preventive  against  ague  and  other  ailments,  de- 
cided that  this  valley  where  Marengo  now  stands  is  pretty  enough 
for  a  "Seat  cf  Justice,"  therefore  Marengo  has  Ijeen  the  county  seat  of 
Iowa  county  ever  since  by  legislative  act. 

Marengo  is  the  center  of  one  of  the  finest  and  best  agricultural 
districts  in  Iowa.  Marengo  is  situated  about  midway  between  Dav- 
enport and  Des  Moines  and  has  in  early  days  occupied  that  distinction, 
as  being  the  half  way  stop. 

She  now  has  a  good  substantial  business,  four  strong  banks,  twelve 
blocks  of  modern  pavement,  all  the  different  churches  are  represented, 
and  up-to-date  and  enterprising  business  men.     Marengo  has  a  popula- 
tion of  2,500  people.     It  has  one  of  the  best  high  schools  in  the  state 
of  Iowa  and  has  a  big  bunch  of  men  that  are  enthusiastic  automobile  men. 

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Marengo 


irtiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiriiii 


Residence  Street 


J       _j  The   town   of   Ladora   is   in   one    of  the   best    agricultural    districts   of   the 

L^QdOrO.      state    and    about    equal    distance   from   Des   Moines  and  Davenport  on   the 


main    line    of    the    Rock    Island, 
portant  shipping  point  for  grain  and  stoclc. 


The  place   is   a   busy  one,   being  an  ini- 


Victor 


Victor  is  one  of  the  most  enterprising  centers  of  population  and  business 
on  the  road.  The  census  gives  it  in  the  neighborhood  of  1,000  people. 
It  owns  its  water  works,  is   well   lighted   and   has   power   furnished   bj    a 

dam  in  the  creek.     This  dam  operates  the  Victor  Roller  Mills.     Victor  has  fine  schools. 

Of  interest  to  tourists  is  the  fact  that  a  good  garage  is  here  and  that  expert  assistance 

is  rendered  and  supplies  furnished  as  may  bo  needed. 


Brooklyn 


Sloan's  Garage 
Brooklyn 


Brooklyn,  the  lively  town  fifteen  miles  east  of  Grinnell,  has  a  popula- 
tion of  about  1,500  and  is  an  important  railroad  point,  being  a  freight 
division    on   the   Rock   Island   railroad.     Nearly    all   the    flyers   on   the    Rock  Island  stop  hern 

going  both  ways,  though  many  of  them  do  not  stop  at  the  station,  but  at  the  coaling  chutes  east  of  the  station. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that   there  is  a     first-class   garage   in   Brooklyn,   that   of   B.    W.  Sloan,  at  which  service 

and  supplies  can  bo  obtained  equal  to    the  best  afforded  in    the  larger  cities.     Brooklyn     was    considered  as  the 

location  of  the  state  capital  at  the  time  it  was  moved  from  Iowa  City  to  Dea  Moines. 


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G  r  i  n  n  e  1 1 


Home  of  Hon.  J.  B.  Grinnell 


A  New  England  town  in  the  heart  of  Iowa,  the  little  city  of  Grinnell 
stands  unique  among  the  comniunities  of  the  state,  lis  streets,  arched  over 
with  trees,  its  well-kept  green  lawns,  no  less  than  the  attitude  'if  its  people 
toward  mora!  and  religious  questions,  help  to  convey  the  impression  of  New 
England. 

Grinnell  was  founded  by  J.  B.  Grinnell,  who  came  to  Iowa  with  the 
famous  injunction  of  Horace  Greeley  ringing  in  his  ears:  "Go  west  young 
man,  go  west."  Mr.  Grinnell  came  west  and  founded  the  city  which  bears 
his  name  as  a  little  Congregational  settlement  in  the  h^'art  of  the  bare 
Iowa  prairie.  From  the  first,  Mr.  Grinnell's  personality  made  itself  felt. 
During  the  troubled  days  before  the  Civil  War  Grinnell  was  a  hotbed  of 
abolition  feeling.  It  was  one  of  the  stations  on  the  famous  "Underground  Railroad,"  which  passed  runaway 
slaves  onward  in  their  search  for  freedom.  John  Brown,  of  Harper's  Ferry  fame,  was  a  visitor  at  the  Grinnell 
home,  and  many  other  famous  men  were  guests  there.  A  great  tree  in  the  yard  of  the  Grinnell  homestead  is 
still    known    as    the    Beecher    Elm. 

Almost  irum  the  first,  Grinnell  has  been  closely  identified  with  Grinnell 
College,  formerly  Iowa  College.  Town  and  college  have  grown  together. 
In  1SS2.  the  historic  (Jrinnell  cyclone  swept  them  both,  but  both  rose 
stronged  than  ever  before  from  their  ruins.  The  cyclone  was  a  blessing  in 
disguise  for  Grinnell  as  was  the  fire  which  destroyed  the  business  sec- 
tion ?.  few  years  later,  for  as  a  result  Grinnell  has  more  modern  business 
blocks   than   are   usually   found  in   a  town  of  this  size. 

Grinnell  is  healthfully  located  on  one  of  the  highest  points  in  Iowa. 
It  has  a  population  of  about  5,500.  It  is  supplied  with  water  from  four  ar- 
tesian wells  which  give  an  abundant  and  pure  supply.  The  water  works 
are  municipally  owned.  The  city  is  lighted  by  electricity  and  gas,  and  is 
now  being  paved  with  bitulithic  paving,  the  contract  for  which  is  the 
largest  single  paving  contract  ever  let  in  the  state  of  Iowa. 

Grinnell  is  a  hustling,  progressive  little  city.  It  has  a  live  Commer- 
cial Club  and  an  Automobile  Club  which  does  things.     It  has  a  special  in- 


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terest  for  automobilisls  from  the  fact  that  automobiles  are    manufactured   here. 

Grinnell  is  located  on  the  main  lines  of  the  Rock  Island  and  Iowa  Central  railroads.  It  has  beautiful  homes, 
an  excellent  school  system,  in  addition  to  college  (Carnegie)  library,  a  fine  city  library,  and  it  is  surrounded  by 
the  best  farming  country  in  Iowa. 

It  has  two  parks,  one  in  the  very  heart  of  the  business  section,  one  on  the  outskirts  surrounding  a  beau- 
tiful artificial  body  of  water  known  as  Arbor  Lake. 

From  a  physical,  social,  educational  or  religious  viewpoint  Grinnell  is  preeminently  fitted  and  is  preeminently 
a  home  city.     Many  move  here  to  secure  educational  advantages  for  their  children  and  none  are  disappointed. 

Grinnell  courts  investigation.     It  claims  to  be  the  best  city  of  its  inches  in  Iowa. 


Kellogg 


Is  in  the  eastern  part  of  Jasper  county.  It  was  laid  out  in  1865  before  the  railroad  reached  this 
point.  It  was  the  terminus  of  the  railroad  for  about  a  year  and  as  a  consequence  received  con- 
siderable trade  at  that  time,  the  road  pushing   through   to   Des   Moines   in   1867.     The   town   was 

incorporated  in  1S74  and  a  council  organized  the  same  year. 

Automobilists  will  find  Craven's  Garage,  which  is  located  here,  one  of  the  best  equipped   along  the   River  to 

River  road. 


|VT„.-.|-„„  The  county  seat  of  Jasper  county,  is  located  on  the  C, 

i>ievVlOIl  R    I    &   p_  the  Iowa   Central   and   Ft.   D.,  D.   M.   &   S. 

railways,  35  miles  from  Des  Moines,  177  from  Omaha. 
140  from  Davenport  and  323  from  Chicago.  Newton  is  rapidly  growing 
in  wealth  and  population;  new  business  enterprises  are  being  estab- 
lished, new-  residences  are  being  built,  new  people  are  coming  to  locate 
here  and  grow  up  with  the  increased  business.  Newton  always  extends 
the  glad  hand  to  anyone  who  desires  to  locate  within  its  borders  and 
when  the  newcomer  has  resided  here  long  enough  to  turn  around  a  few 
times  and  learn  of  the  many  advantages  of  living  in  such  a  city  he 
never  wants  to  leave.  Newton  teels  justly  proud  of  her  schools,  her 
churches,  her  own  electric  light  plant,  her  own  water  works  system. 
and  above  all  Newton  is  proud  of  her  people.  Newton  has  twenty-two 
factories,  which  employ  about  600  people  with  a  monthly  pay  roll  ot 
about  .16,000.00.     There  are   several  excellent  garages  here  and  the  town  is  a  good  one  to  make 


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Colfax 

The   Carlsbad    of  America 


Like  ancient  Rome  is  Colfax — built  upon  its  seven  hills.  But  unlike  Rome,  no  Nero  ever  will  fiddle  as  Colfax 
burns,  for  Colfax  owns  its  own  water  works  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  up-to-date  systems  In  the  world,  furnishing 
ample  protection  against  disaster  by  fire. 

Another  appellation  European  has  this  noted  Iowa  resort  gained — it  is  called  the  Carlsbad  of  America.  Through- 
out the  country  has  its  mineral  water  brought  it  fame. 

While  in   a   sense  Colfax  owes  its  popularity   to  the  curative  properties  of  its  water,  as  a  place  for  passing  one's 
vacation  it  has  few  equals,  if  a  sojourn  next  to  nature  is  desire  of  the  visitor. 

Nominally  the  town  has  4,000  inhabitants.  This  must  not  be  reckoned  its  actual  size,  for  thousands  upon  thou- 
sands of  outsiders  multiply  this  population  yearly,  many  times.  Last  year  the  resort  entertained  25,000  guests 
and  never  was  there  a  time  when  its  resources  were  inadequate  for  taking  care  of  the  transients. 

The  city  is  built  around  a  natural  amphitheater.  Its  arrangement  of  streets  is  pictureque.  Outdoor  beauties, 
natural  and  built  by  man,  combine  to  make  the  community  a  heaven  of  rest  and  quiet.  With  the  abundance  of 
water  on  every  hand  it  follows  that  foliage  and  bloom  are  everywhere  to  be  found. 

Trees  so  abundant  as  to  almost  amount  to  forests  cover  the  hills  to  the  east  and  south.  North  of  town  runs 
a  placid  stream,  which  lends  an  added  charm  to  the  landscape.  A  soft  south  breeze  prevails.  The  elevation  is 
acceptable — SOO  feet.  The  air  is  clear  and  bracing.  There  is  plenty  of  opportunity  for  fishing  and  boating,  as  in 
the  case  in  regard  to  the  various  forms  of  indoor  and  outdoor  recreation. 

._  _  Colfax  is  twenty-three  miles  east  of  Des   Moines   on   the     Chicago-Colorado   main 

line  of  the  Rock  Island  Lines.     It  is  on  the  Colfax  Northern,  which  connects  with 
the  Great  Western,  and  is  on  the  Fort  Dodge,  Des  Moines  and  Southern  Railway. 

The  city  has  enough  large  and  well  equipped  hotels  and  sanitariums.  In  keeping 
with  the  grandeur  of  the  hills  upon  which  it  is  situated  are  its  beautiful  drives  and 
walks.  It  has  the  Chautauqua  grounds  of  the  Iowa  State  Epworth  League  Assembly, 
conceded  to  be  the  finest  park  of  its  kind  in  that  section  of  the  west. 

It  well  may  boast  of  its  fine  churches.     Its  schools  are  of  the  best.     It  is  lighted 

by  modern  electric  system  and  has  excellent  sewerage.  There  are  located  in  the  city. 

Mason  Park  banks,   mercantile   houses,   a   telephone  system,  three  express  lines,  electric   street 


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Skunk  River 


car  line,  and  three  plants  which  bottle  its   famous   water,  more   than   400 
carloads  are  sent  to  all  parts  of  thet^nited  States  annually. 

Colfax  has  a  public  library  the  like  uf  which  cities  several  times  its  size 
would  be  proud  to  own.  The  city  is  the  permanent  seat  of  the  Iowa 
State  Epwortn  Leaque  Assembly.  This  institution  in  addition  to  its 
beautiful  grounds,  has  an  auditorium  the  second  largest  in  the  state.  An 
electric  line  connects  the  grounds  and  the  city. 

The  Chautauqua  Assembly  at  Colfax  is  now  in  its  fifteenth  year.  This  is 
a  considerably  longer  period  than  is  usual  with  most  of  the  institutions 
of  that  character.  The  reason  for  its  longevity  is  the  gradual  building  up 
plan  which  has  been  the  order  since  the  Assembly  started.  The  manage- 
ment has  never  gone  on  the  plan  of  "cheapness."  None  but  the  best  of 
attractions  ever  have  been  billed  there.  This  accounts  for  the  Assembly's 
successful  past  and  its  rosy  future. 

But  notwithstanding  these  advantages,  it  undoubtedly  is  a  fact  that  Col- 
fax as  a  remedial  center  is  Colfax  at  its  best.     For  the  value  of  Colfax  waters  is  undisputed  and  indisputable. 

There  is  an  old  expression  "unstable  as  water,"  in  which  some  people  place  faith,  but  while,  as  can  be  seen, 
the  fame  of  Colfax  is  founded  upon  water,  just  as  easily  it  can  be  seen  that  the  fame  of  Colfax  is  by  no  means 
unstable. 

Mineral  water  first  was  discovered  in  Colfax  in  1875  by  persons  prospect- 
ing for  coal,  which  since  has  beenfound  in  abundance  in  the  hills  skirt- 
ing the  Chasaqua  River. 

The  prospector's  drill  penetrated  through  successive  strata  of  slate 
until  at  a  depth  of  315  feet,  when  the  drill  was  still  apparently  piercing 
solid  rock,  a  great  gush  of  water  came,  which  stopped  explorations  for 
coal  in  that  particular  spot. 

Naturally  there  was  disappointment  felt  at  this  sudden  halting  of  the 
plans  to  get  rich.  One  of  the  prospectors  jokingly  accepted  the  situation 
with  this  philosophy :  "Well  let's  sample  what  we  got,  anyhow."  With 
that  he  tasted  of  the  water. 

Being  somewhat  of  a  chemist,  at  the   first   swallow   he  preceived   that 

the  fluid  was  not  ordinary  aqua  pura.     He  and  his  companions  continued 

Centrijpolis  Hotel  to  drink  of  it  while  they  were  moving  their  nuu-hinory  and   were  agree- 


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ably  surprised  at  its  bracing  effect  as  a  tonic.  So  convinced  was  the  leader  that  he  had  made  a  "find,"  that  ho 
made  further  investigation. 

He  took  a  sample  to  the  chemical  laboratory  and  hai  p.  thorough  analysis  made  of  it.  The  test  more  than  bore 
out  his  sanguine  expectations. 

The  examination  of  the  mineral  waters  proved  that  the  search  for  coal  though  unsuccessful,  had  resulted  in 
finding,  not  of  Ponce  de  Leon's  Fountain  of  Youth,  but  as  close  a  substitute  as  obtains  outside  the  realm  of  fic- 
tion. The  report  of  the  chemists  on  the  fluid  was  proof  that  it  was  of  much  more  value  than  the  fuel  that  had 
been  sought. 

There  vjas  a  boom  after  that  in  the  hunt  for  water.  The  work  of  piercing  the  earth  was  continued.  At  the 
present  time  there  are  nineteen  artesian  wells  giving  forth  their  great  remedial  product  and  the  city  has  built 
up  year  by  year,  its  reputation  as  a  health  restoring  center. 

is  a  thriving  town  of  700  inhabitants,     situated     eighteen  ,-., 

miles  east  of  Des  Moines  on  the  Rock  Island  and  Inter- 
urban  railways.  It  is  a  typical  prosperous  village,  with 
well-kept  streets  and  sidewalks.  Its  many  pleasant  homes,  surrounded  by  neat 
lawns  an;id  shade  trees  of  maple,  elm  and  box  elder,  present  a  pleasing  pic- 
ture to  the  passer-by.  Four  churches  and  an  excellent  public  school  bear  wit- 
ness to  the  moral  and  intellectual  ideals  of  the  people.  The  streets  are  lighted 
with  kerosene  gas.  South  of  the  town  is  the  State  Industrial  School  for  Girls, 
with  ample  buildings  and  a  pleasant  campus.  The  business  men  of  the  town 
are  expecting  the  establishment  of  a  garage. 


Mitchellville 


A  lfrkr»i-io       '*^  ^  village  rr>  the  Rock  Island  main  line,  ten  miles  east  of  Des 
/^ICOOllU      Moines,  and  is  where  the  tracks  of  the  main  line  and     the     Des 
Moines  Valley  division  diverge.     The  Des  Moines  Va-ley  division 
goes  to  Keokuk,  by  way  of  Oskaloosa,  Ottumwa  and    Eldon. 


State  ludustrial  School  for  (iirls 
Mitchellville 


Des   Moines 


Des  Moines,  the  capital  of  the  state  and  the  chief  commercial  city  of  cen- 
tral Iowa,  is  situated  at  the  junction  of  the  Des  Moines  and  Racoon  rivers  and 
is  on  the  Chicago-Omaha  line  of  the  Rock  Island  railway,  and  the  Chicago-Kan- 
sas City  line  of  the  Chicago  Great  Western  railroad.  Besides  these  two  main 
lines  of  road  it  is  the  terminus  of  important  branches  of  the  Milwaukee,  Wa- 
bash, Burlington,  Northwestern  and  other  systems.  It  is  also  the  center  of  the 
only  extensive  system  of  interurban  railways  between  the  Mississippi  river  and 
the  Rockies.     In  the  last  five  years  the  city,  now  with  a  population     of     about 

100,000,  has  been  marvelously 
improved  and  beautified  until  it 
is  now  recognized  as  being  one 
of  the  most  attractive  and  mod- 
ern of  all  the  cities  in  the 
United  States.  Many  large  build- 
ings of  artistic  design  have  been 
<  erected  and  this,  with  a  general 

;*  teriors  in  the  downtown  distric 

hen.sive  scheme  of  lighting  the 
electroliers,  gives  the  town  a  m 
accommodations  are  ample  and 
This  city  is  especially  stro 
center  of  large  publishing  and 
ting  stronger  yearly  in  the  field 
jobbing. 

Governmentally,  Des   Moine 
known  everywhere  as  the  Des 
ernment  by  a  commission   of  fi 
partisan  election  and  at  large, 
plan  ajjpears  to  have  worked  w 
to  be  getting  dollar  for  dollar 
and   results. 


\^1. 


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.State  Capital 


remodeling  of  interiors  and  ex- 
t,  together  with  a  most  compre- 

streets  by  means  of  the  artistic 
etropolitan    aspect.     The     hotel 

good  restaurants  are  many, 
ng  as  a  retail  center  and  as  the 
insurance  business.     It     is     get- 

of  general  manufacturing     and 

I 
s  is  under  what  has  come  to  be 
Moines  Plan.  This  plan  is  gov- 
ve  members,  chosen  at  a  non- 
instead  of  from  wards.  The 
ell,  and  the  city  believes  itself 
in  the  matter    of     expenditures 


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\1h   A\-enue  Mrii^^e 


Oarages  are  legion  and  the  fact  that  all  seem  to  be  doing  a  lively  business 
indicates  that  this  is  the  automobile  center  of  the  middle  part  of  the  state. 
There  are  a  number  of  fine  drives  through  the  city,  which  covers  over  fifty 
square  miles  of  area.  The  park  system  is  on  a  magnificent  scale  in  preparation 
for  the  needs  of  a  city  of  half  a  million   people. 

In  addition  to  the  trade  and  farm  papers  that  are  published  in  Des  Moines, 
the  city  has  four  dailies  that  compare  favorably  with  publications  of  like  nature 
in  cities  of  twice  the  size.  The  Register  and  Leader  is  a  morning  paper  with  a 
state-wide  circulation  and  has  an  evening  issue  called  the  Tribune.  In  the 
evening  field,  strictly,  are  the  Capital,  published  by  Lafayette  Young,  the  famous 
orator  and  publicist,  and  Ihe  News,  of  the  Scripps-McRae  syndicate.  The  Capi- 
tal is  a  political  power  with  the  conservative  or  standpat  wing  of  the  Republican 

party  and  is  widely  read  by  people  of  all  shades  of  political  opinion  oa  account  of  its  high  quality  as  a  news- 
paper and  the  entertiiniug  nature  of  its  editorial  page.  The  News  is  more  or  less  gently  sensational  and  has 
screaming  headlines  three  or  four  times  a  day.  On  account  of  the  large  street  sales  of  all  of  these  papers, 
Des  Moines  is  the  paradise  for  newsboys,  several  of  whom  have  amassed  fortunes  in  their  lines  of  business. 

Organized  boosting  has  made  Des  Moines  what  it  is    and    the   harmony    existing    in    the    general    effort   to 

promote  the  growth  and  development  of  the  town  is  often  the  cause  of 
remark  by  strangers.  Many  thousnds  of  dollars  are  spent  annually  in 
advertising  Des  Moines  as  the  "city  of  certainties"  and  such  mediums 
as  the  Saturday  Evening  Post  are  freely  used  for  full-page  displays. 
The  Greater  Des  Moines  Committee  is  the  organization  that  has  this 
remarkable  publicity  campaign  in  charge  and  it  is  said  that  results  ot 
a   substantial   nature   are   already  in  sight. 

The  fapitol  building  on  the  east  side  of  the  Des  Moines  river  is 
well  worth  a  visit  from  the  tourist,  as  is  also  the  state  library  and 
historical  building  nearby.  The  Melan  arch  bridge  of  concrete  at  the 
Locust  street  crossing  of  the  Des  Moines  river  is  also  noteworthy,  as 
is  also  the  new  half-million  dollar  postolfice  building,  an  admirable  ex- 
ample of  Uncle  Sam's  new  ideas  of  what  government  buildings  of  this 
sort  ought  to  be.  The  Polk  County  court  house  is  a  magnificent  pile  and 
the    more    recently    constructed    sky-scraping    oflice    buildings    are    equal 


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lo  their  kmtl  in  the  largest  cities  so  far  as  construction  and  equipment  are  concerned. 

Out  ta-and  avenue,  going  west  from  the  business  district,  by  the  way,  one  gets  a  good  impression  of  one 
of  the  n^ust  beautiful  residential  streets  in  the  entire  TJnited  States.  Around  Des  Moines,  indeed,  is  one  of 
the  niQst  picturesque  countries  in  Iowa.     The  native  woods  of  this  section  help  greatly  to  give  this  effect. 


■-VA»>s!ir8'k»#-- 


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vi^         1  a  town  of  400  inhabitants,  is  situated   f.t  the  junction  of  the  C,  M.  &  St.  P.,  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  an.i 

W  uUKcC      the  M.  &  St.  L.  railroads,  about  fifteen    miles   west   of  the  city   of  Des   Moines   on  the   River   to 

River  Road,  and  is  located  in  one  of   the  richest  farming  communities  in  the     state     of     Iowa. 

which  was  formerly  quite  low  and  wet,  but  has  recently  been  thoroughly  tiled  and  is  now  one  of 

the  best  agricultural  communities  of  which  we  know. 

Laud  values  range  from  $125  to  $200  per  acre,  according  to  location  and  improvements.  It  is  a  great  grain 
and   stock  center;    about  300,000  bushels  of  grain  and    1.^0  cars   of  stock  are  shipped  from  here  annually. 

There  are  a  first-class  lumber  yard,  four  general  stores,  an  up-to-date  restaurant,  a  three-story  brick  hotel, 
two  banks,  a  blacksmith  shop,  a  furniture  store,  two  grain  elevators,  an  implement  store,  a  livery  barn,  a 
1 1  rug  store,  a  wall  paper  store,  a  harness  shop,  a  barber  shop,  a  butcher  shop,  a  feed  mill,  a  nursery,  a  gasoline 
supply  station,  four  churches,  three  lodges,  a  ladies'  club,  a  physician,  a  good  school  of  twelve  grades,  a  good 
ball  ground  and  park  with  plenty  of  shade,  an  excell  ent  spot  for  picnics.  Here,  also,  are  the  offices  and  head- 
i|uarters  of  the  Ne  Plus  Ultra  Generator  Company,  who  handle  the  best  automobile  acetylene  gas  light  on  the 
■uarket.  .  f 

The  main  streets  are  all  heavily  cindered  and  a  number  of  improvements  are  being  made  this  year. 

The  Automobile  Club,  together  with  the  township  officers,  have  made  arrangements,  and  are  keeping  both 
the  Lake  Road  and  the  River  to  River  Road  to  and  from  Waukee,  dragged  at  all  times  when  needed,  and  in  the 
best  of  condition. 

All  is  on  the  C,  M.  &  St.  P.  R'y,  twenty-two  miles  west  of  Des  Jloines,  and  has  a  population  of  1,.500.  It 
/A.Clcl  jj^g  ^{jg  reputation  of  being  the  prettiest  town  in  the  state,  a  name  gained  from  its  natural  advant- 
ages and  its  modern  improvements.  Among  the  latter  are  electric  lights,  water  works,  sewer  system, 
public  park,  paved  business  streets,  thirty  miles  of  cement  walks,  beautiful  residences,  thousands  of  fine  shade 
trees,  etc.  These,  together  with  the  magnificent  new  court  house  and  the  modern  depot  built  by  the  Milwau- 
kee, give  a  metropolitan  and  stylish  appearance  and  the  conveniences  of  the  city,  while  combining  the  advan- 
tage of  suburban  life.     These  conditions  have  not  been   brought  to  exist  in  a  day,  nor  a  year  or  a  dozen  years. 


Among  the  institutions  tbat  go  to  make  Adel  up-to-date,  of  a  more  or  less 
public  nature,  are  the  following:  Unsurpassed  public  schools,  with  eleven  teach- 
rs;  four  churches,  the  Methodist,  Presbyterian,  Christian  and  Adventist;  two  im- 
mense brick  and  tile  factories,  large  flouring  mill,  bonnet  and  glove  factory.  Dr. 
Scott's  Sanitarium,  printing  press  factory,  cigar  factory,  elegant  modern  opera 
house.  Besides  the  above,  there  is  the  full  complement  of  professional  and  mer- 
cantile institutions,  shops,  etc.,  operated  by  wide-awake  business  men  and  women. 
The  fraternal  and  social  side  is  well  represented  by  lodges  of  the  Masons,  Odd 
Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias,  A.  O.  U.  W.  and  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah  orders, 
the  G.  A.  R.,.  the  W.  R.  C,  several  social  and  literary  clubs,  etc.  Adel  numbers 
among  its  citizens  many  Brst-class  musicians,  a  band  is  maintained  and  gives 
street  concerts  during  the  summer,  and  in  vocal  music  the  town  is  in  the  front 
rank.  Athletics  are  given  proper  attention,  lawn  tennis,  baseball,  football,  row- 
ing, etc.,  receiving  a  place  in  the  program  of  amusements  that  entertain  the  resident  and  the  visitor  in  a 
manner  each  enjoys. 

The  North  Coon  river,  upon  which  Adel  is  located,  is  a  beautiful  stream  which  affords  facilities  for  boating, 
bathing,  and  fishing  that  are  among  the  best  in  the  state.  Several  nice  boats  and  launches  are  on  tne  water  and 
more  will  follow,  as  Riverside  Park  is  improved.  This  park,  the  property  of  the  town,  is  an  ideal  place  for  re- 
creation. 


At  Adel 


"p  ^n  1  J  dates  its  settlement  from  about  1853  and  is,  therefore,  one  of  the  oldest  towns  in  the  county. 
rvCCinClU  n  -^g^^  named  after  Col.  .fames  Redfleld.  With  this  town  are  associated  the  names  of  many  of 
the  oldest  settlers  of  the  county,  and  here  the  Dallas-Guthrie  Old  Settlers'  Association  holds  Its 
annual  picnics.  The  town  is  built  at  the  junction  of  the  South  and  Middle  Raccoon  rivers.  It  .s  nine  miles 
west  of  Adel  on  the  C,  M.  &  St.  F.  railroad.  The  town  site  is  one  of  more  than  ordinary  beauty.  For  several 
years  past  it  has  probably  done  more  in  substantial  improvement,  in  proportion  to  its  size,  than  any  other 
town  in  the  county. 


Dale  City 


is  a  beautiful   town  eight  and  nine-tenths  miles  west  of  Redfield. 


IVf nnfPlfh       '*  ^^^  ^^'^  ^  ^^"^  miles  west  of  Dale  City  ,'>nd  is  the  market  place  for  a  most  prosperous  and 
iVXUlllCllll      progressive  community. 


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Guthrie    Center 


Home  of  W.  B.  Moore,  near 
Dale  where  old  stage  tavern 
used  to  stand 


The  pioneers  of  Iowa  parted  company  with  the  railroad  at  Chicago,  and  plodded 
their  way  in  prairie  schooners  across  trackless  prairies,  following  the  line  of   least 
resistance,    making    first    settlements    by  the   wayside,   and   it   is   interesting  to   note 
that  the  tide   of  emigration,  tne  great  western  trail  of  civilization,  closely  followed 
the  present  River  to  River  Road  across  Cuthrie  county  and  through  Guthrie  Center. 
The  site  of  the  very  flrst  cabin  built  in  G  uthrie   county   is   to  be   seen   on   the   River 
to   River  Road,   and   is  marked   by  an  appropriate  signboard.     The     overland     stage 
route  from  Des   Moines  to  Council  Bluffs  likewise   followed   Nature's     highway     for 
many  miles  through  Guthrie  county,  closely  coinciding  with   the   present-day  River  to   River   Road,   and   one   of 
the   old   stage  barns,  with  its  dim  and  battered   signboard,  still  adorns  the  wayside,  a  grim  reminder  of  bygone 
days.     It  has  been  said  that  the  finger  of  Divine  Love  traced  this  natural  highway  through  our  rolling  prairies 
and   gently   sloping  valleys,  and  today  a  thorough  organization  of  wide-awake  farmers  in  Guthrie  county  is  tak- 
ing advantage  of  what  Nature  has  done  for  them,  and 
aspire  to  make  this  section  of  the  River  to  River  Road 
the   best   and   most  attractive   piece   of   dirt   highway 
in  the  entire  state.  .jS^ 

•  „•■.<.. ■«■  The  county  of  Guthrie  stands  among  the  foremost 

'■  .  -J       ■     '  in    general    agriculture    and    stock    raising   re- 

sources, fully  meeting  all  expectations  in  those 
•-•  -  lines;      but,     what   is   more   important  to   the 

jji  casual  traveler,  is  the  scenic     beauty     which 

meets  the  eye  at  every  turn  of  the  road. 

A  literary  man  who  recently  passed  through 
Guthrie  Center,  traversing  the  River  to  River 
Road,  paid  tribute  as  follows: 

'"The  road  follows  naturally  along 
easy  grades,  and  in  point  of  upkeep 
rivals  a  race  track,  and  it  leads  through 
a  country  of  surjiassing  interest.  No- 
where within  the  limits  of  the  great 
state  of  Iowa  is  the  countj'  of  Guthrie 


Crab  Apple  Tree  in  Guthrie 
Center 


CJld  stage  station  built 
of  native  lumber  in  1854 


J.  \V.  Foster  and  party 


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surpassed  for  its  bea\itifiil  scenery,  its  nilla  and  dales,  its  rolling  prairies  and  emerald  seas  beneath  the  siininier 

skies,   interspersed   by  hills,  and  natural    groves,   and   meandering   streams,  like   bright    ribbons   of   silver,    rolling 

their  pellucid  waters  in  banks  of  riches*   hues." 

Amid  these  beautiful   scenes,  in  the   South   'Coon  Valley,  is  Guthrie  Center, 

county  seat  and  county  metropolis  of  Guthrie  county,  drawing  trade  from  a  rich 

and  vast  farming  territory.     Its  business  men   are  alive   to  the  demands  of  the 

times,  carrying  splendid  otocks  of  goods  in   all   lines.     It  has  water    works,     an 

electric  light  plant,  two  splendid 
parks,    good      hotels,     creamery, 

...^ _„ ^  flouring     mills,     fire   company,   a 

military  band  of  more  than  state- 
wide reputation,  and  no  end  of 
churches  and  civic  societies.  It 
is  adorned  with  beautiful,  tree- 
embowered  homes,  and  is  graced 
by  buildings  that  would  do  credit 
to  a  much  larger  place.  It  has  a 
live  Commercial  Club  and  an 
Automobile   Association    affiliated 

with  the  state  and  national  associations,  which  in  membership  is 
ranked  by  only  two  other  automobile  associations  in  Iowa.  There 
three  garages,  one  of  them  just  completed,   being  fire  proof   with 

chine  in  connection,  adjoining  electric  light  plant. 


A  typical  farm  aloiiR  river  to  river  ro; 
Guthrie  County 


■d  in 


Farmers  autos 
from  a  single 
neighborhood  on  i\!ain  St..   Liutlirie   Center 


out- 
are 
ma- 


North  Branch 


is   a   town   eleven   and  four-tenths  miles  east  of  Exira  and  is  interesting  to  the  tourist 
on   account  of  the  pastoral   beauty   of  the   scene. 


Pvirn      '®  ^  ^"^    °^  1.000   inhabitants  and   lies  on 
Jj/Xlltl      p^^f  of  Audubon   county.     It   is   surrounded 
business  men  mostly  got  their  start  on  the 
prosperous  creameries  in   Iowa.     Exira  is   situated   in 
are  known  to  all  that  part  of  the  state.     The  town  has 
it  gives  Saturday  evening  outdoor  concerts  during  the 
and  the  town  has  not  missed  having  a  Fourth  of  July 
the  merchants  and  buyers  to  pay  the  highest  price  for 
\  icinity  to  make  Exira   their  market  town. 


the  east  bank  of  the  Nishnabotna  river  in  the  southern 
by  farms  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  Its  people  and 
farm.     Within  a  radius  of  ten  miles  are  five  of  the  most 

a  natural  forest  and  the  shady  streets  and  pleasant  park 
supported  a  fine  concert  band  for  thirty-five  years,  and 
summer  months.     Also  its  baseball  nine  is  a  famous  one 

celebration  for  the  last  forty-three  years.  The  practice  of 
produce  and  live  stock  has  educated  the  farmers  of  the 


Oakfield 


is  the  first  town  west  of  Exira  and  is  a  thriving  burg  and,  like  enearly  all  the  towns  of  this 
part  of  the  state,  remarkable  for  its  beauty  and  prosperous  air. 


T   ^.-riVi    's  f''is'  '^f  Atlantic  and  is  well  worth  a  visit  by  the  tourist,  on  account  of  the  affability  of  the  people 
*-'^'  ""    of  the  town,  which  is  a  market  place  of  importance. 


Atlantic 


is  the  county  seat  of  Cass  county,  a  beautiful  city  of  6,000  people  in  the  heart  of  the  besl 
farming  section  in  the  country.  It  is  situated  on  the  main  line  of  the  Rock  Island,  eighty-two 
miles  west  of  Des  IVIoines  and  sixty  miles  east  of  Council  Bluffs,  and  is  the  .iunction  point  for 
two  branches  of  the  Rock  Island,  one  north  to  Audubon  and  the  other  south  to  Griswold.  The  other  railroad 
(  or.nections  are  afforded  in  the  Atlantic  Northern  and  Southern,  which  runs  to  Kimballton  and  Elkhorn,  a  rail- 
road built  by  popular  subscription.  , 
Atlantic  has  more  automobiles  in  the  town  and  county  tuan  any  other  of  its  size  in  the  country.  Three 
garages  operate  here  and  do  a  thriving  business.  The  people  are  happy,  prosperous  and  contented.  The  town 
is  an  ideal  place  in  which  to  live  and  one  of  the  most    delightful  points  on  the  River  to  River  Road. 


IVlarnC         is  on  the  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  R'y.,  seven  miles   west  of  Atlantic.     It  has  a  population  of  about  500. 


A  -wTf^f^ri  Pottawattamie  county  is  a  long  one,  east  and  west,  and  for  tliat  reason  it  is  convenient  for  the 
•'^ ''^*-'*^'*  people  to  have  two  county  seats.  One  of  these  is  Avoca.  This  town  of  2,000  people  is  situated  thir- 
ty-eight miles  east  of  Council  Bluffs  on  the  main  line  of  the  Rock  Island  railroad.  It  has  a  fine 
garage,  4Sx90  in  dimensions,  and  a  first-class  hotel.  There  are  three  strong  banks.  Under  the  direction  of  the 
city  council  and  the  township  trustee,  the  public  highways  leading  to  and  from  Avoca  are  kept  in  the  best  of 
condition  for  automobiles.  Ooaitesy  and  good  cheer  are  elements  in  the 
welcome  the  tourist  receives  at  Avoca.  A  public  band  concert  is  held 
every  Wednesday  evening  and  the  traveler  is  indeed  fortunate  if  ne  is 
in  Avoca  on  those  occasions.  LMIHnHH^HBlife^ 

Twenty-five    miles  northeast  from  Council  Bhiffs,  on  the  ^^^ 

main  line  of  the  Rock  Island  and  Great  Western  rail-  I /^^^^^I^SIBlBBPfc'''.' 
roads,  is  the  town  of  Minden,  500  population,  staunch 
business  point,  in  a  township  settled  largely  by  Germans  and  display- 
ing effects  of  the  energy,  thrift  and  intelligence  of  the  farmers  of  that 
nation.  There  is  abundant  shade  in  the  town,  concrete  walks,  a  fine 
park  with  a  band  stand  from  which,  now  and  then,  the  Minden  Cornet 
Band  entertains  the  public.  The  Glidden  tourists  remember  Minden 
with  pleasure. 


Minden 


Neola 


The  square  at  Minden 


liirtls-eye  view  of  Neola 


Is  on  the  main  lines  of  the  Rock  Island  and  Milwaukee 
railroads,  about  twenty  miles  east  of  Council  Bluffs. 
It  has  a  populalian  of  1,100  souls.  The  town  is  lighted 
with  electricity  and  has  its  own  water  works.  Neola 
is  noted  for  its  volunteer  fire  department,  which  holds 
the  world's  record  for  fast  work.  The  school  buildings 
are  ample  and  modern  and  have  an  attendant  e  of 
about  400.  Two  cement  factories  are  among  the  local 
industries  and  there  are  a  number  of  buildings  of  ce- 
ment construction,  and  sidewalks  of  cement  in  all 
parts  of  the  town.  There  is  a  good  garage  th:U  does 
all  sorts  of  repairing  and  rents  machines.  Th'rteen 
autos  are  owned  and  used  in  the  town. 


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r  InHprwonH        '^   ^   small   town   between   Council  Bluffs  and  Neola  and,  like  all  the  villages  of  this  part 
^^  IIUCI  WLUJU        Qf  (ijg  state,  is  clean   and  progressive. 


Weston 


is  practically  a  suburb  of  Council  Bluffs,  which  lies  to  the  west  of  the  village. 


r^r»iinr»il  Rliiffs  '*'  ""^  °''^  ^^^^  ^'"^  ^^®  ^^  °"®  time  the  transfer  point  for  all  travel  to  and  from  the 
^^^^''^''  JJlUlla  West.  It  has  enormous  railroad  yards  in  its  limits.  These  yards  lie  chiefly  between 
the  city  proper  and  Omaha,  across  the  river.  Council  Bluffs  is  beautiful  in  its  resi- 
dence part,  up  among  the  hills.  A  magnificent  view  of  all  the  surrounding  country  in  the  two  states  may  be 
obtained  from  the  heights  in  Fairmount  park.  The  iiopulatiou  of  Council  Bluffs  is  about  30.000.  This  city  is 
the  weslern  terminus  of  the  River  to  River  Road.     Here  the  great  Missouri  river  separates  Iowa  from  Nebraska. 

This  beautiful  city,  nestled  in  the  hills  that  overlook  the  broad  bottom  of  the  Missouri  river,  has  long  been 
one  of  the  principal  trading  points  in  the  West  and  shows  no  decline  in  its  strength  in  this  respect.  In  fact,  it 
is  a  distributing  center  of  first  rank  in  many  lines  of  trade,  made  so  by  its  unparalleled  shipping  and  trackage 
facilities,  since  all  of  the  railroad  systems  of  the  East  and  West  meet  here,  and  transfer  is  easy  and  speedy. 
Council  Bluffs  holds  the  Iowa  trade  as  against  Omaha,  its  Nebraska  neighbor  across  the  river.  Perhaps  as  many 
autos  are  to  be  seen  in  Council  Bluffs  as  in  any  city  of  its  size  in  the  country.  There  are  many  machines 
owned  locally  and  there  is  a  constant  stream  of  tourists  starting  over  the  River  to  River  Road  or  arriving 
after  having  traver.?ed  that  marvelously  excellent  highway. 

Mr.  H.  k.  SearJe,  of  Council  Bluffs,  is  one  of  the  loading  movers  for  good  roads  in  the  state  and  his  in- 
fluence and  energy  have  been  potent  for  the  making  of  the  River  to  River  Road. 


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Davenport,  Muscatine,  West  Liberty 


Blue  Grass  is  pleasantly  located  on  the  Muscatine  branch  of  the  River  to  River  Road  in  the  south  part  of 
the  township  of  the  fame  name.  It  is  surrounded  by  ii  fine  farming  country  and  is  but  a  short  distance  from 
a  number  of  coal  mines.  , 


Muscatine 


Muscatine,   with   a   population   of  about  20,000,   is   one   of  the   leading   Cities   of   Iowa.     It   is   situated    about 
twenty-eight  miles  southwest  of  Davenport  on  the  Chicago-Kansas   City  lines  of  the  Rock   Island  ai!d   Chicago 
Milwaukee  &   St.   Paul  railroads.     The  town  is  one  of  the  principal  manufacturing  points  in  the  West  and  the 
chief  seat  of  the  button  making  industry.     On  account  of  the  fact  that  the  process  of  making  buttoi  s  from  clam 
shells,  from  the  cutting  of  the  shells  to  the  sewing  of   the  finished  product  on   cards,  requires  the  ue  of  many 
hands,  employment  is  furnished  to  all  who  apply,  and    prosperity   is,  therefore,   very     generally     diffused.     The 
booster  spirit  is  strong  and  there  is  no  question  that   the  city's  future  is  to  be  very  bright.     It  is  said  that  Mus- 
catine has  more  telephones  for  its  population  than  any   other  city  in  the  world.     The  tourist  will  find  everything 
he  can  desire  in  the  way  of  garage  accommodations   and  supplies  in  this  city,  and  in  its  surroundings  will  dis- 
cover one  of  the  most  picturesque  scenes  of  river  and 
vvooded  hills  anywhere  in  the  West.  Near  Muscatine  are 
^  the  principal  gardens  of  the  Heinz  company,  the  mak- 

j^t^        A         ers  of  so  many  varieties  of  pickles  and  preserves.     The 

^^^BBi^a^^Lj^H  soil  hereabouts  is  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  successful 
H|^B^^B||^^H  culture  of  vegetables  and  small  fruits  and  the  region 
^■■^^^^^^^^^^H  is  famous  all  over  the  country  for  its  melons.  While 
^I^^I^I^H^H        it  is  off  the  River  to  River  Road,  a  branch  runs  from 

West  Liberty  to  Muscatine  and     from     Muscatine     to 
Weeds  Park.  Muscatine  Davenport. 

The  credit  for  the  making  of  a  branch  of  the  River  to  River  Road  to  Muscatine,  by  means  of  a  detour 
leaving  the  direct  route  at  Davenport  and  West  Liberty,  is  very  largely  due  to  two  Muscatine  ?entlemen  who 
are  leading  advocates  of  good  roads  and  auto  enthusiasts:     Mr.  J.  L.  Geisler  and  Dr.  F.  H.  Little. 

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Index   to   Towns 


Adel   .   103 

Altoona    91 

Atalissa    51 

Atlantic   118 

Avoca    123 

Blue  Grass    133 

Brooklyn    69 

Carnforth    6S 

Colfax   85 

Council   Bluffs    129 

Dale  City  107 

Davenport    43 

lies  Moines  95 

Durant    48 

Kxira    113 

Grinnell    74 

Guthrie  Center    109 

Hon'estfad   60 

Iowa   City    57 

Kellogs    77 

Ladora    67 

Lorah   116 

Marengo    65 

Marne    119 

Alelpine   134 

Minden    125 


Mitchellville    89 

Monteith   108 

Moscow    49 

-Aluscatine  137 

Neola    126 

Xewton    79 

North  Branch  Ill 

Oakfield    115 

Crtonville   102 

Oxford    59 

Pleasant  Prairie    134 

Redfield    106 

liock  Island  Arsenal 41 

South  Amana  61 

Stockton    47 

Sweetland  Center  134 

Tiffin    58 

Underwood    127 

Victor    67 

Waleott   46 

Walnut   121 

Waukee  101, 

West  Liberty   53 

Weston   128 

Wilton    48 


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OLD     PHONE     3875 

106-114LBRADY    ST. 


DAVENPORT,  IOWA 


Bell  Phone  JOHN  REIMERS. 

361  Mgr.  Auto  Depl. 

JULIUS  SANDt-R 

Agent  for    Kissel      Kars 

111  JMi.tt.  liiutiiii,  JIusratiiif.  c,,ltir 
auil  Louisa  l."ooiities.  lowu;  1{<.<  k 
Island  and   Henry  Countiva.     Ilhuois 

218-20-22  Ripley  SI.    •    Davenport,  la. 


1  ■  A  K  K  1  A  < ;  E  .•; 
and  .\fcfSSi>rif s 


Al  Ti'.Mt'I:n.ES 
and    ."Supplies 


MASON'S  CARRIAGE  WORKS 

Peerless        Chalmers        Hudson 

Rauoh  <!(:  Lange  Electrics 

Baker  Electrics 


Davenport 


Io\ 


INTER-STATE  AUTO  CO. 

.-VKcnts  for 

IXTKK-STATEand  (JAKLAXD 

C.\RS,     also    STERKBERGS 

CO.M.MERCIAL  TRUCKS 


307-309    MYRTLE     ST. 

DAVENPORT     -    -    ■      IOWA 


Taxicab   AUTO  LIVE    Y  Open  Dav 

Rales        and  Night 

Brandenburg  Auto  Co. 

JACKSON  and  REG 
AUTOMOBILES 

Both   Phone.s.   Day  s'J?.  Night 239 
GaraKr- liiii  114    Brady  St.    Cor.   2ud  St. 

Davenport  :-:  low^a 


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Iowa  Auto  and' lire 
Company 

Agents  for 

Pierce  Arrow 

and  Cadillac 

Up-to-date  Repair  Shop 
and  Tire    Repair   Plant 

Buck  Auto  Company 

PACKARD   CARS 

Jobbers    in    Supplies 

Everything  for   the    Tourist 
at  Lowest  Prices. 

Cor.  4th  and  Ripley  Sts.       Davenport,  la. 

P.    C.    PETERSEN 
AUTO  CO. 

AUTOMOBILES  AND  SUPPLIES 
GARAGE,    510-12-14   MAIN   STREET 

TELEPHONE  944               DAVENPORT,    IO\A  A 

(iarafe    Room   fur  Sixty   Cars 

phoie"  w"""  ■'"■                  IDavenport,  Iowa 

ROCK  ISLAND  ARSE.NAL 


A.     Ft.  Armstrong 
Avenue 


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DAVENPORT 


GARAGES — Buck  Auto  Co.,  4th  St.  and  Ripley:  Interstate 
Auto  Co.,  Myrtle  St.  bet.  3cl  and  4th;  Iowa  Auto  Co., 
Main  St.,  bet.  4th  and  oth;  Klemme  Auto  Co..  Brady 
St..  bet.  2d  and  Front;  Mason  Auto  Co.,  cor.  4th  and 
Perry;  Peterson's  Auto  Co.,  Main  St.,  bet.  5th  and 
6th;  Star  Auto  Co.,  2d  St.  bet.  Western  Ave.  and  Scott 
St.;  Z.   .\.   Zeman,  Man  .St.,  bet.   3d   and   4th. 

HOTELS — Davenport  Hotel,  cor.  4th  and  Main;  Kimball 
Hotel,  cor.  4th  and  Perry;  St.  James  Hotel,  cor.  Main 
ard    Front. 

BKLL,  TELEI'HOM'". — Teleplione  Bldg..  6th  and   Main. 


«  EST  TO   COUXCII,  nLllFFS. 

.Main  and  4th  streets.  Go  north  passing"  under  ele- 
vated R.  K.  tracks  at  5th  St.,  passing  around  Soldier's 
Monument.  (High  School  on  left)  to  trolley  on  Locust  St., 
(School  left  hand  corner)  turn  left,  trolley  leaves  one 
block  beyond;  pass  St.  -Ambrose  Seminary  (trolley 
comes  in  from  left  at  Gaines  St.  and  leaves  to  the  right 
on  Marquette  St.).  Continue  straight  ahead  on  Locust  St. 
to  5  corners — Farmer's  Hotel  on  left  hand  corner,  cross 
trolley  and  hear  right  on  middle  road. 


E-\TERI>G   DAVEXPORT    KltO'lI    WEST. 

Farmer's  Hotel — 5  corners — cross  trolley  and  bear  left 
on  Locust  St.  Straight  ahead  on  Locust  St.  (trolley 
comes  in  at  left  on  Marquette  St.  and  leaves  on  right  at 
Gaines  St.),  pass  St.  Ambrose  Seminary  on  left,  picking 
up  trolley  again  on  Harrison  St.;  follow  one  block  and 
turn  right  at  School  on  right;  now  on  Main  St.,  straiglu 
ahead  passing  around  Soldiers'  Monument  to  center  of 
city. 

SOITHAVEST  TO    MUSC-VTIXE. 

Go  west  on  Third  St.  turning  left  with  trolley  one  long 
liluck  after  R.  R.  crossing;  continue  with  trolley,  crossing- 
double  track,  trolley  and  R.  R.  to  end  of  line.  Pass  Cre- 
matorium and  graveyard  on  right  turning  right  at  first 
road    beyond 

B\TERI\G  D.VVENPORT   FROM   SOI THM  EST. 

Pass  graveyard  and  Crematorium  on  left  picking  up 
single  track  trolley  just  beyond,  cross  R.  R.  and  douI)lf 
track  trolleys;  continue  straight  ahead  turning  left  witli 
trolley,  sharp  left  and  right  turn  just  ahead  to  trolley  on 
Tliird  St.,  turn  riglit  and  continue  to  center  of  city. 


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DAVENPORT 

Jr.4  II.  Northwest 
from  5  corners  at 
Farmer's  Hotel  to 
Depot  at  DITRAXT. 

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GEO.  MATERN 

Cigars  and   Tobacco 

mi  w.  3d  St. 

Phone  1090X   Davenport,  la. 

E.  M.  WHITE 

Bookseller 

406  Brady  St. 

Davenport,   Iowa 

Sells  All  Road  Maps 

Complete   Line  of  Periodicals 
Subscriptions  Taken 

I.  ^  I.  NEWS  STAND 

A.    R.    BAWDEN 

217  Brady  SI.     Phone  878 

DAVENPORT  -    IOWA 

THOS.  THOMPSON 

Wholesale  and    Retail 

Wall    Paper,     Books,     Slalionery 
Blank  Books,  Art  Novellies 

Davenport,   la. 

Souvenir  Post  Card 

Station,  Peter  Hansen,  Prop 

THE  ST.  JAMES 

DAVENPORT,   IOWA 

American  Plan,   150  Rooms,    Hoi 

and  Cold  Water,  $2.00  and 

$2.50  Per  Day 

E.  C.  WHITAKER,  Prop. 

H.    J.    BOLL 

CONFECTIONS        :       CIGARS 
NEWS       AND       STATIONERY 

Hickey  Bros. 

Wholesale   and    Retail    Ci- 
gars and  Tobacco,  News- 
papers and  Periodicals 

Davenport     -    Iowa 

Manufacturers  &  Importers 

428  W.  3d  SI.      .      Old  Phone  932 
DAVENPORT.      IOWA 

1114  W.  3d  SI.  :  DAVENPORT,  lA. 

EUROPEAN                                                          J.  F.  GORMAN 
FINEST  SAMPLE   ROOMS                                            W,   H.   HARRISON 
IN  THE  WEST                                                               PROPRIETORS 

The  Davenport 

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FIRE  PROOF                           Davenport,   Iowa 

EUROPEAN   PLAN                                              HOTEL  BEAUTIFUL 

New  Hotel  Kimball 

Hotel  Downing,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,    Under  Same  Management 

JISO.OOO  in  Improvements  Alone. 
The  Finest  Furnished    Hotel    in 
the    West,    Costing    §50,000     to 
Furnish.     Fifty  Bath  Rooms 

^N^ro'N^^I^Tlo^N"*"'"""              Davenport,  Iowa 

The  roatl  continuing'  nortliwest 
at  River  to  River  sign  at  top  of 
map  leads  to  Maysville,  Dixon 
and  New  Liberty.  The  River  to 
River  road  leading  west  from 
tills  point  is  known  to  old  set- 
tlers at  the  Fulton  Road:  north- 
west to  Maysville  and  southeast 
to  Davenport  as  the  Hickory 
Grove    Road. 


Tourists  going-  west  wishing  to 
stop  at  Walcott  can  save  mile- 
age by  turning  left  at  Probstei 
Hotel  (4.4  M.  from  Farmer's  Ho- 
tel), pass  school  houses  (on 
right  5.6  M.  and  7.8  M.),  cross 
R.  R.  (8.1)  to  southeastern  edge 
of  Walcott. 


"A"  Road  north  leads  to  Plain 
View  and  Dixon.  Road  south 
into  Walcott. 

Tourists  stopping  at  Walcott 
and  going  to  Davenport  can  turn 
east  at  southern  edge  of  town 
driving  due  east,  cross  R.  R., 
pass  school  houses,  to  end  of 
road.  Now  on  River  to  River 
Road  at  Probstei  Hotel,  page  45. 

nRLL.  TELEPHOXE — Davenport 
&  Tipton  Tel  Co.,  Bryant  & 
Henry. 


BLANK  BROS. 

AUTO  GARAGE 
REPAIRING  AND  SUPPLIES 

WALCOTT,  IOWA 


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"A"  Road  here  leads  into 
Stockton.  The  one  on  western 
edge  of  town  due  south  to  Pleas- 
ant Prairie  (page  134)  on  Mus- 
catine Branch  of  River  to  River 
Road  leading-  east  to  Davenport 
and   southwest   to  Muscatine. 

UISLL  TELEPHONE — Davenport 
<&  Tipton  Telephone  Co.,  Depot 
St. 


47 


WILTON  JCT. 

4   M.   Southwest    to   Moscow,    7    M. 

East   to  Durant. 
HOTEL — Commercial,    rate    $2.00; 

three    restaurants. 
G.VR.VGE — John  Wacker. 
GASOLINE — At   garage. 
nELL  TELEPHOXE — Wilton  Tel. 


DURANT 


7  JI.  West  to  Wilton  Jet.,   17.4   M. 
East    to   Davenport. 

HOTEL — American,      rate      J1.25; 
Durant,    rate    .$1.50. 


CJAR.VGE — Bierkamp,    Shiele. 

G.\SOLI\E — Both  garages,  Du- 
rant   Drug  Store. 

nELL  TELEPHOXE — Davenport 
&    Tipton   Tel.    Co.,    Depot    St. 


DANGER.     Care  on  winding  road   west  of  river.     Use  horn  freely. 


WILTON" 


MOSCOW 

SJ     M.     West    to    Atalissa,     4     M. 

Northeast    to    Wilton. 
HOTEI.— Teufel,  rate  $1.40;  Chas. 

Winkler,   rate    $1.50. 
REP.VIRS— J.   E.   Parker. 
G.V.SOLIXE— J.   E.    Parker. 
HELL      TRLEPHO:VE — M  o  s  c  o  w 

Mut.    Tel.    Co.,    ^^■ashing■ton   St. 


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HISE   HOUSE 

E.   H.  HISE,  PROP. 


WEST  LIBERTY,    IOWA 


DItmars,   Kerr   and   Company's 

Garage 


The  best  first  class  repair 
shop  between  Cedar 
Kapids  and  Iowa  City. 
Three  skilled  mechanics. 
Storage,  oil  and  gasoline. 
Fire  proof  building.     :     : 


West    Liberty,    la. 


H  OK OB ROLL BA>K 

I.  A.  NICHOLS.  Pree. 
C.   .M.  NumOLS.  V.  Pres. 
WAl.rKK   LIOHT.  Cash. 

I.  li,  W.  NIlLAXn.  Asst.  Cash. 

IOWA  STATE 

HANK  &  TRUST 

COMPANY 

ORGANIZED      1897 

CAPITAL       $40,000.00 
SURPLUS    $40,000  00 

West  Liberty,  Iowa 


You  don't  know  how  good  a  lunch   oul<oE<doors  can  be, 
until  you  have  eaten  one  kept  cool  and  fresh  in  a 


Auto  Styles 

$10  and S 15 

Delivered 

East  of 

the  Rockies 


llaiuKeye      gasket 


BURLINGTON  BASKET  CO.,   23  Main  St..  Burlington.  Iowa 


A    Leilh.  Pres.  D.  <;.  Acncw.  V.P.  W.  li.  Harris,  Cash. 

UNION    SAVINGS    BANK 

Capital  $40,000.00     ::     Su  plus  $30,000.00 
COLLECTIONS  4  SPE(  lALT) 


WILTON  JUNCTION 


IOWA 


i.tCII..!.  NinciLAnS.  Pr»s..    GKO.  BAN'NKK.  V.  I'rt-s 
WAt.  I.ASG.  Cash..       FKKD  A.  M ATRER  Asst.  Casli. 

THE  WILTON   SAVINGS   BANK 

CAPITAL  and  SURPLUS  $4(1,000 


Wilton  Junction, 


lOT 


6  il.  West  to  West  Liberty.  5.1 
M.   East   to   Moscow. 

HOTEL. — Not  operating.  Board 
and  room  can  be  had  at  pri- 
vate house,  Mrs.  Mary  Davis. 


GAR.VGE — None.       Repairing 
blaclisniith,    Tlieo.    Schwob. 


by 


-Wilson      Lumber 


GASOLINE- 

Fuel  Co. 

BELL         TELEPHONE  —  Atalissa 
Telephone    Co.,    Main    St. 


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DANGER.  Railroad  bed  on  cross- 
ing west  of  West  Liberty  is  in 
deep  cut.  Trains  approaching 
from  nortliwest  cannot  be 
seen. 


WEST   LIBERTY 

16.7  M.  Northwest  to  Iowa  City, 
6  M.  East  to  Atallssa. 

HOTEL — Hise  House,  rate  $2.00, 
American.      Two    restaurants. 

GARAGE— Ditmars,    Kerr  &    Co, 

G.\SOLliVE — Tlie  garage  lias  a 
250-gal.   tank. 

BELL  TELEPHONE — West  Lib- 
erty Telephone  Co.,  Calhoun 
St. 


For  route  to  Muscatine  see  page 
135  and  turn  leaves  to  front  of 
book. 


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On  vour  wav  thro' 
IOWA  CITY  you'll 
want  to  select  a  few 

Souvenirs 
Post  Cards 
Maps,  Etc 

The  BEST  Assort- 
ment can  be  had  at 

John   T.  Ries 

Bookseller  and  Staliotier 
26  Clinton  Street 


BURKLEY 
IMPERIAL  HOTEL 


IOWA 
CITY 


American  and  Euro= 
pean    Plans 


J.  A.  O'LEARY 

AUTOMO  BILES 
AND     SUPPLIES 


Expert  Mechanicians 

Trust   Us    With    Your     Repairs 


IOWA  CITY 


IOWa 


H.  A.  Knease  4  Sons 


DTALERS    IN 


Rambler 


AUBURN 
AUTOMOBILES 


IOWA  CIT"Y 


IOWA 


EUCLID  SANDERS,  PRESIDENT 
WM.    MUSSER,  VICE    PRESIDENT 


P.   A.   KORAB.   CASHIER 

J.    C.    SWITZER,    ASS  T    CASHIER 


Iowa  Citv  State  Bank 


CAPITAL 


S65.00(».00 


II.  S.  DEPOSITORY 


DIltKCTORS 

EUCLID   SANDERS  WM.  MUSSER 

P.  A.  KORAB  DR.    E.    F.    CLAPP 

W    D.  CANNON,  JR-  JOSEPH   SLEZAK 

J.W.RICH       S.W.MERCER      W.I.PRATT 


Overland 
and   Oakland 
Agency 

Repairs  and 
Supplies 

CARSON  6 
THATCHE-R 


IOWA   CITY 


J 


8  XI.  Xorthwest  to  Tiffin.  16.7  M. 
Southeast  to  West  Liberty. 

HdTELS— Globe  Hotel,  cor.  S 
Clinton  St.  &  Washington  St.; 
Burkley  Imperial  Hotel.  Wash- 
ington St.  bet.  S.  Madison  St.  & 


Clinton  St.;  St.  James  Hotel. 
Cor.  Iowa  Ave.  &  S.  Clinton  St. 
GAR.VGE.S — Carson  &  Thatcher. 
S.  Clinton  St.  bet.  Burlington 
St.  &  E.  College  St.;  Knease 
Garage,  Washington  St.  bet.  S. 
Clinton  St.  &  S.  Madison  St.  ■ 
O'Leary  Bros.  Garage,  cor  Bur- 
lington   St.    &    Dubuque    St. 

^^h^  ,  .TELEPHONE— 210       East 

\\  ashington   St. 


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TIFFIN 


5.5  M.  West  to  Oxford,  8  il.  South- 
east  to   Iowa  City. 

IIOTI'-.I. — Tilfln.  rate   $1.00. 

(;\IJ\<;ks — .\usuKt  Amifh,  Hen- 
ry Brant. 


GASOI-IXE — .Vt  garages;  Sum- 
merhayes  &  Slade,  general 
store;  Windon  &  Shay,  general 
store. 

niSLL,  TELEPHONE — Clear  Creek 
Mutual    Tel.    Co.,    Main    St. 


OXFORD 


7  M.  Northwest  to  Homestead. 
5.5   M.   East   to   Tiffln. 

HOTEL — Commercial,  rate  $2.00; 
two  restaurants. 

GARAGE — J.   I.   Elliott. 

G.VSOLINE — .\t  garage  or  Pio- 
neer  Drug'   Store. 

BELIj  TELEPHOXE — Oxford  In- 
dependent   Tel.    Co.,    Main    St. 


CAITIOV..  Very  sharp  turn. 
"I'lONTlON..  The  windin.a"  road 
through  O.xford  is  the  Official 
River  to  River  Road,  but  is  the 
worst  stretch  of  road  along  the 
entire  route.  In  places  so 
sandy  as  to  make  it  almost  im- 
passable. Tourist  not  intend- 
ing to  visit  Oxford  are  advised 
to  take  a  road  marked  B  on 
map. 


A.    H.      Very    heavy    .sand. 

HOMESTEAD 

5   M.  West  to  South  Amana,   7   M. 

East   to   Oxford. 
HOTEL — Homestead,    rate    $2.00. 
GARAGE — None.         Repairs       by 

blacksmith,  Wm.  Ehrle. 
G.VSOHNE — Tinshop,   Teter   Fels. 
BELL  TELEPIIOXK — Genl.  stbre, 

Front   St. 


60 


SOUTH   AMANA 


Amana      Society, 


5.5    M.    Northwest    to    Marengo,    5 

M.   East   to   Homestead. 
HOTEL — Two, 

rate  .$2.00. 
G.\R,\GE — None.         Repairs       by 

blaclismitli,      Hugo      Leiclisen- 

ring-. 

G.VSOLINE — At  general  store,  al- 
so at   blacksmitli,   60-gal.    tank. 


School 


Jy^^^^^r^^ 


v.  Corner  o£  Court  Ave.  &  Mil- 
ler St.  leading-  into  Marengo. 
B.  CAI'TIOX.  Sharp  turn  in 
road.  Care  should  be  taken 
not  to  confuse  the  River  to 
River  Road  which  runs  east 
and  northwest  with  the  road 
which  leads  southwest.  The 
road  here  winds  througli  tim- 
ber.    Use  horn  freely. 


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J.    A     «  ICkK 


J.  A.  Wicke,  who  pilot- 
ed the  Moline  through  a 
Perfect  Road  Score  in 
the  1909  Glidden  tour, 
won  the  Ft.  Worth  "Star- 
Telegram"  Fndurance 
Trophy,  defeating  many 
cars  of  much  higher  price. 

Rtttresentative  of  ihe 

Moline  Automobile  Co. 

Marengo  :  :  Iowa 


HENRY  CODE 

DRY  GOODS 

COMPANY 


RETAIL  DRY  GOODS 


MARENGO  IOWA 


BEEMS  GROCERY 

PHONE  53 


Marengo 


Iowa 


W.    H.    HIBBS 

Clothing  and  Gents 


Furnishing  Goods 

Marengo  Iowa 


W 


HAT  you    demand   of   an  automobile  tire- 


safety,  resiliency,  durability, — is  just  what  every 
other  motorist  demands. 

If  you  don't  care  to  go  to  the  expense  of  experimenting,  the  best  way  to  get  what 
you  want  is  to  bu\  tires  that  have  a  known  record  for  making  good.  If  you  investigate, 
you'll  find  that  the  "record  tires"  are — 

GOODRICH    TIRES 


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First  National  Bank 


MARENGO, lA. 

Established    •   IS67 


The  Only  National  Bank 
in  Iowa  County 

Capital  and  Surplus 
$80,000.00 

FRANK  COOK  .  •  ■  President 
THOS.  STAPLETON  .  Vice  Pres. 
S.  E.  ROWLAND      .     ■      Cashier 


Germ  an  •  A  me  rican 

Savings  Bank 

of  Marengo         -         Iowa 


Collections  Promptly  Attended  To 


D.  H.  McKee.  Pres.   J.  C.  Engelberf.  V.  P. 
Chas.  Ludwig,  Cash.     C.  D.  Denzler,  A.  C. 


laii 


(111 


Capital,  Surplus  and  Profits 


$33,000.00 


W.    p.   BRAUGH 

Ford    and    Be    Tamhle 

AUTOMOBILES 

REPAIRS  and  SUPPLIES 
N.   W.  Corner  Park     MARENGO,  IOWA 


The    People's    Sav- 
ings Bank,  Marengo,  la. 


The  policy  of  this  bank  is  to 
cultivate  ht-lpful  busncss  rela- 
tions and  fo  render  at  all  times 
the  services  nhich  ih^  public 
demand  and  which  our  equip- 
ment instires. 

I  he  Officers  stand  ready  to 
(ji\e  any  infornialion  tourists 
may  desire,  and  will  endeavor 
to  make  it  possible  fur  out  of 
town  paties  to  enjoy  the  stop 
here.  First  door  north  of  court 
house. 


Fred  Haas 


DEALER    IN 


Puri    Drugs,    Medi= 

cines,  Oils,  Paints 

Varnishes,  Wall 

Paper.    Toilet 

Articles 


MARENGO,  IOWA 


MARENGO 


8   M.  Southwest  to  Ladora,   5.5  M. 

Southeast  to  South  Amana. 
HOTI3L — Doose,   rate    ?2.00:    Hol- 

den,    rate    $1.00;    Clifton,    rate 

$1.50:   two   restaurants. 
GAR.VGE— W  i  c  k  e's      Garage, 

Brauch   Garage. 
<;aS0LI.VE — At    garages. 
IIKI.I,      TKLEPHOXE  —  Marengo 

Tel.    Co.,   Commercial    Ave. 


Corner  of  Miller  St.  and  Court 
Ave.  Cars  lieaded  north  to  cen- 
ter of  city. 


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FINE  CIGARS 
ICE  CREAM 
SODAS 

The 
Rexall     Store 

E.   H.  GWINN,  Prop. 

Farmer's  Savings 
Bank 

$25,000  CAPITAL 
$30,000  SURPLUS 

VICTOR         .         IOWA 

Hotel  Victor,  victor,  u 

H.  H.  YORK 

Bath  Rooms,  Sample  Rooms. 
Hot  and  and  Cold  Water  and 
Toilet  on  Each  Floor.  Steam 
Heat.  City  Gas.  Large  Rooms 
Rates  $2  Per  Day.  Opp  Depot 
J.   B     Litchfield,    Prop. 

Au(o  Repair  Shop,  Oil  and 
Gasoline,  Blacksmith  and 
Wagon  Maker,  Gaso- 
line    Engine    Re- 
pairing A  Spe- 
cialty 

LADORA    =    IOWA 

WM.    CARL 

The  Ladora  Savings 

Bank        ■        Ladora,  Iowa 

Capital  and  Surplus,  $50,000 
H.  C.  GATES            •           Cashier 

VICTOR,  IOWA 

Automobiles    and     Supplies. 
Telephones.  Oils.  Gas  Engines 
and   Gasoline    Lighting    Sys- 
tems and  Separators 

VICTOR                    IOWa 

EVERYTHING    IN 
THE  DRUG  LINE 

Send    your   KODAK    FILMS    and    Plates    to    us   for   developing   and 
finishing,  or  leave  them  with    us   as   you    pass    through    Des    Moines 

The  Io\^a  Publishing  Company 

4th  and  Locust  Streets             Opp.  Savery  Hotel              DES  MOINES 

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VICTOR 


9.7    M.    West    to    Brooklyn,    7.1    M. 
Northeast  to  Ladora. 

HOTEL, — Victor,    rate    $2.00;    two 
restaurants. 

GARAGE — William   Carl. 

GASOLINE — At  garag-e  or  Reich- 
art    grocery   store. 

BELL,   TELEPHONE — Victor   Tel. 
Co.,   Main  St. 


1    M.   Southwest  to  Victor,   8  M. 
Northeast  to  Marengo. 

HOTEL — Ladora,   rate    $2.00;    two 

restaurants. 
GAR-VGE — None.         Repairs       by 

blacksmith,  H.  H.  York. 

GASOLINE — Snavely  Bros.  Hard- 
ware. 

BELL  TELEPHONE — Ladora  Tel. 
Co.,     in     residence. 


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CARNFOKTH 

Village      No   hotel   or   garages. 


k:,o  i:„,r. 


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ORMISTON'S    STORE 


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SLOANS  GARAGE     -«?.'!!^ 

^jrr^^Kirsrr's  garage 

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FINE    TAILOHiNQ 


LATEST  STYLES 


C.  W.  Ormiston  &  Go 

Clolliiers,    Men's     Furnishers 

ALWAYS    UP-TO-DATE         -— 

BROOKLYN  -  IOWA 


When  at  Brooklyn  Stop  at 

SLOAN'S  GARAGE 

Expert  U'orkmen 
R.epairs  Supplies 


wf'ffM* 


IS. 5    .M.    West    to    Grinnell.    9.7    .M. 

Kast    to    Victor. 
HOTEL, — Brooklyn,       rate       $2.00, 

American;    three    restaurants. 


BRdDKLYN 


G.VR.VGK — Sloan's   Garage,   Kraft 

Garage. 
c;.\soL,l-VE — -At    garages 
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BELL  TELEPHONE  —  Upstairs 
over  Robt.  Orr's  Implement 
Store. 


A.    Car  Heading  South 


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FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    for  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


The    next    town    is    Grinnell,    the    home   of 

Grinnell   "Rist-Fit"   Gloves 

CNo  other  automobile  gloves  fit  so  comfortably  at  the  wrist.  The  "V"  is 
made  of  soft  leather  allowing  the  gloves  to  be  drawn  together  neatly  and  snuggly, 
preventing  the  cufF  from  sagging.  The  perforated  back  permits  a  free  circula- 
tion of  air,  keeping  the  hands  cool  and 
comfortable.  Grinnell  Gloves  are  made 
from  reindeer  and  colt  skin  leather  which 
can  be  washed  out  in  soap  and  water  or 
gasoline  without  injury.  For  sale  by  dealers 
everywhere.  Visit  the  factory  as  you  go 
through. 


Morrison-Ricker  Mfg.  Co. 

GRINNELL,  IOWA 

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Hotel  Monroe 

MRS.   »I.  G.  CAFPKON,   Prop. 


Rates,  $2,25 
With  Bath,  $2.50 


GRINN^:LL,  IOWA 


While  in  Grinnell   make  our  Hotel   your  headquarters. 
Every  convenience  for  Tourists. 


S.  A.  CRAVATH,  President 


CEO.    H.    HAMLIN.   CASHIER 


ilrrrhants  Nattnual  lank 

CAPITAL         -         -         -         $100,000 
SURPLUS  AND   PROFITS,  $75,000 


GRINNELL,  IOWA 


LARGEST   BANK  IN   COUNTY 
WILL   BE   PLEASED  TO   HAVE  YOU   CALL 


il.  W.  Spaulding.  I'res, 
W.  F    Vogt.  Vice  Prea. 

H.  F,  Lanpht-re,  Cnshier 

H.  \l.  Harris.  .Assr.  Cash. 


(Ettizrus 
Natinnal  lank 

Grinnell,  lo^'a 


Travelers   Cholines  for  Sale 


■lohii  M.  <(impl"-M.  I'rt-s. 

.1.  N.  Kraiikfortli.  V-Pn-e. 

("liiis.  A.   Hiiik,  Serri'lary 

P     A     Dnytnii      Tri^aiiinr 

(Central  Qiaranr  (Uu. 

Phone:   Interior  209 
8IU-812  4lh  Ave.    -    Grinnell.  lo«a 


BLUE   PRINTS 


The   Iowa   Fuhlishing   ('o 

lies   Moines,    Iowa 


SPAULDING    MOTOR  CARS 

Made   by 

Spaulding  Mffi-  Co.     -     Grinnell,  la. 


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COLL£6E 


GaiNNELLL 


12.3  M.  West  to  Kellogg.   15.5  iU.  Ea.^t  to  Brooklyn. 
HOTEL — Gifford,   rate   $2.00   to   $3.00;   Monroe,   rate   .$2.00   to   $:iO0- 
three  restaurants. 

G.\R.\GE— Grinnell  Garage  Co.,  Central  Garage  Co. 

G.\S0LIXE — At  garages. 

nilLi,  TELEPHONE — Spauldlng  Block. 


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J.  B.  BURTON,   Pres. 
C.  J.  IRISH,  Cashier. 

R.  C.  BURTON.  ASST.  C«sh. 

BURTOiN  &  CO. 
STATE  BANK 

Capital  $80,000.00 
KELLOGG      -:•      IOWA 

—  Tourists  Headquarters  — 

CITY 
DRUGSTORE 

C.   W.  FORCHE,  Prop. 

Cigars.  Pipes,  Tobacco.  Drugs. 

Oils.     Stationery.     Music. 

Graphophones  and  Records. 

Official   River  to  River  Guides 

KELLOGG,      IOWA 

Rales  $2. 110  Per  Day 

.1    l:    1   K.iVl.X          .1    .M    liILRE.\TH 

Craven  Garage 
Company 

Automobiles 

Repairing 

Assembling 

KELLOGG,  IOWA 

HOTEL 
SIMPSON 

F.   L.   SIMPSON.   Prop. 

KELLOGG     -   -     IOWA 

Special  Attention  to  Tourists 

Dont  go  into  the  country  without  an 

Iowa  Publishing  Company  Road  Map 

On  sale  at  all  stationers  and  newsdealers 

In  county  editions  at  25  cents 

KELLOGG 


IIOTEl, — S-mp.son,  rate  $2.00, 
American;  Moody,  rate  $1.00, 
American:    two    restaurants. 

(;  \I8  VGE — Craven  Garag 


lA.soLlXR — Craven    Garag 
have  a   160-iral.   tank. 


Co. 


IIELI,    TELEPHOXE — Upstairs  in 
Banl<   Building-  on  Main   St. 


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IF.  C.  Bergman.   Pres. 
R.   L.  Arnold,  Cashier 


H.  B.  Allfree.  Vice  Pres- 
C.  Sloanaker,    I'ice  Pres. 


The  First  National  Bank  and 
Newton  Savings  Bank 


Capital  and  Surplus, 
Total  Resources 


$117,S00.00 
$700,000.00 


UNITED    STATES    DEPOSITORY 


E.  J. 

Miles 

& 

Co. 

A  U  T  0  M  0  B  I  L 

E  S 

Repairing 

:    Storage 

:    Supplies 

Phone  120       Newton,  la. 


THE    NEWS    STAND 


First  Door  East  of   P.  O. 


EARL  BIGELOW.  Prop. 


Stouder  Drug 

Company 


Post  Cards,  Ma$^azines, 
Ne^vspapers,   Fine  Station- 
ery, Tobaccos,  Cigars,  Pipes 

ALL  THE  NEWS  ALL  THE  TIME 

Sobscriptionfl  Taken  for  All  51a^azines  and  Ne^'spapprs 


Cigars 
Soda 
Toilet 
A  r  tides 


Rexall  Store  '' 


E.  E.  Graber 
&  Co.  , 

OVEKLANH 
HAYNES 

WHITE 

Ne>vton,   Iowa 


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NEWTON 


garage: — E.  J.  Miles 

&  Co.,  E.  B.  Graber 
&   Co. 
BELL.      TELEPHONE 

— Up     stairs      over 

1. -  Hougrh's        Grocery 

,^,  on  Main  St. 

»on.ERnas\\  11.0    JM.    West  to   Colfax. 

8..1  M.  East  to  Kellogg. 
HOTEL,- Churchill,  rate 
$2.25.  American:  five  rest- 
„    , ,       aurants. 


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Tourists  wishing:  to  stop  at  Hotel  Colfax  can  turn  north  on  west- 
ern edge  of  Colfax.  This  road,  however,  sliould  be  avoided  in 
bad  weather. 


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Hotel  Colfax  and  Mineral  Spring 


JAMES  P.  DONAHUE 

PROPRIETOR 


J.  A.  HADLEY 

MANAGER 


A  merican 
Plan 

Open  All 
The  Year 

Rates 
$3.00 
and  Up 
Per  Day 


GARAGE 

12  to  15 
Autos 

Gasoline 

Oils 

Tires 

Expert 
Mechanics 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    for  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 

HOTEL  COLFAX  AND  SURROUNDINGS 


Americans  have  long  believed  that  it  is  better  in 
all  ways,  and  especially  more  comfortable  and  eco- 
nomical, to  forestall  sickness  by  timely  rest  and 
recreation,  than  to  seek  restoration  after  sickness  has 
come.  Only  lately,  however,  have  they  been  acting 
on   that   belief  in   anything-  like   great   numbers. 

That  is  the  why  of  the  Hotel  Colfax. 

To  meet  a  demand,  as  well  as  to  fill  a  long  recog- 
nized need,  this  hostelry,  built  like  the  most  exclusive 
hotels  in  California  and  conducted  as  though  it  were 
a  great  country  mansion,  has  been  placed  here  among 
the  Iowa  hills,  in  the  midst  of  a  natural  forest  of 
surpassing  beauty,  beside  the  everflowing  M.  C. 
Springs,  the  curative  waters  of  which  have  for  many 
years  ranked  easily  with  those  long  famous  Old 
World  products  daily  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  globe. 

To  provide,  in  every  way  possible  to  thought  and 
expenditure,  for  the  care  and  speedy  recovery  of  the 
sick  is,  indeed,  a  prime  purpose  of  this  hotel;  but  also, 
and  equally,  it  is  the  purpose  to  do  all  that  can  be 
done  to  prevent  the  well  from  becoming  ill.  While  all 
the  equipment  of  the  best  sanatoria  is  here,  the  place 
has  nothing  of  the  air  of  a  sanatorium.  .\s  a  result, 
the  sick  does  not  feel  that  he  is  in  a  hospital  and 
the  well  are  never  depressed  with  a  sense  of  being 
surrounded  by  invalids.  Moreover,  the  drinking  of 
the  waters  is  as  good  for  one  class  as  the  other  and 
the   baths   are   highly   beneficial   to   each. 

Where,  pray.  Is  the  Hotel  Colfax,  if  one  may  be 
permitted   to  ask? 

Just  about  an  hour's  easy  run  in  an  automobile 
from  tlie  heart  of  the  city  of  Des  Moines,  which  is 
twenty-three  miles  distant  toward  the  setting  sun. 
One  may  make  the  trip  between  the  two,  also,  in 
trains  of  the  Rock  Island  System,  and  many  of  the 
flyers   stop   at   the   village.      Then    there    is   the    inter- 


urban  from  Des  Moines,  with  cars  hourly  each  way. 
If  one  arrives  in  the  village  by  train  or  by  trolley, 
one  is  conveyed  to  the  hotel,  a  mile  distant  and  up- 
hill all  the  way,  in  the  hostelry's  own  electric  cars 
running  on  tracks  laid  for  that  purpose.  The  hotel 
lias  its  own  electric  power  house,  ice  and  cold  stor- 
age plants,  pumping  station  and  laundry  and  its  own 
garage.  Its  independence  in  these  respects  has 
caused  it  to  be  very  aptly  described  as  a  miniature 
city.  The  garage  is  capable  of  housing  from  a  dozen 
to  fifteen  machines,  affords  the  services  of  an  expert 
mechanician  and  carries  supplies  such  as  tires,  gaso- 
line and  other  oils. 

When  the  visitor  has  alighted  from  the  trolley,  or 
has  arrived  by  automobile,  he  finds  that  he  has  reached 
the  top  of  what  he  fancies  must  be  the  highest  hill 
in  Iowa,  and  which,  indeed,  is  just  that.  Surrounded 
by  the  primeval  forest  the  wide-stretching  lawns 
about  the  hotel  undulate  In  every  direction  and  are 
traversed  by  shaded  and  bush-embroidered  drives  and 
walks.  The  air  is  pure  and  one  quickly  notes  its 
quality.  There  is  an  atmosphere  of  restfulness  and 
quiet  on  account  of  the  vast  extent  of  the  grounds  and 
the  great  dimensions  of  the  buildings.  One  may  find 
solitude  here,  if  one  is  in  a  mood  for  it,  even  though 
there  are  a  thousand  guests  in  the  park  or  on  the 
piazzas. 

It  it  is  scenery  that  you  love,  walk  down  the  Ital- 
ian terrace  on  the  west  side  of  the  hotel  and  look  out 
to  the  north,  and  west,  and  east,  and  bear  in  mind 
that  on  this  clear  day  your  vision  is  carrying  you 
eighteen  miles  over  river  and  wood  and  field.  Look 
again  to  the  south,  at  the  masses  of  verdure  in  the 
forest,  if  it  chances  to  be  summer,  and  you  will  have 
pretty  well  fixed  in  your  mind  just  what  are  the 
settings  in  which  you  have  found  this  beautiful  hotel 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL — The    Remedy    for  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


of  which  you  have  heard  so  much  and  which  you  are 
visiting  now  for  the  first  time.  You  are  already  con- 
vinced, are  you  not,  that  you  will  speedily  acquire  the 
Hotel  Colfax  habit  and  that  you  will  return  each  year 
to   remain  as   long  as   circumstances   will    permit. 

Harmonizing  perfectly  with  these  surroundings,  set- 
ting them  off,  and  set  off  admirably  by  them,  is  the 
hotel  itself,  of  Moorish  design,  constructed  of  concrete 
and  steel  which  make  it  fireproof.  Inside  and  out  a 
color  scheme  is  worked  into  every  detail  of  wall,  fur- 
niture, hangings  and  shades,  as  well  as  of  towers  and 
miniarets.  Unity  and  completeness  of  decoration  give 
tlie  pleasing  impression  that  all  has  been  planned  so 
that  nothing  shall  be  out  of  keeping  in  the  slightest 
degree  with  everything  else.  This  is  as  true  of  the 
guest  rooms  as  of  the  lounging  rooms,  the  billiard 
rooms   and    parlors   and    the   dining   room. 

Leave  entirely  out  of  consideration  the  water  of  the 
famous  springs  owned  by  the  hotel,  and  yet  you  will 
admit  that  the  attractions  of  the  place  are  sufficient 
to  account  for  the  thousands  of  guests  who  annually 
come  to  the  Colfax  from  all  parts  of  the  Middle  West. 
Here  is  a  hostelry  as  splendid  as  a  palace  and  in  as 
good  taste  in  color  and  other  items  of  decoration  as 
could   be  the  studio  of  the  most  gifted  artist. 

To  the  comfort  and  restfulness  of  tlie  hotel  with 
its  charming  surrotindings  of  wood  and  lawn,  add  the 
curative  and  preventive  properties  of  the  waters  of 
the  M.  C.  Springs,  and  you  have  a  combination  not 
anywhere  excelled  and  in  few  places  equalled.  Many 
years  of  use  under  the  direction  of  pliysicians  and 
scientists  has  shown  the  waters  to  be  of  the  highest 
value  to  those  who  are  suffering  from  or  are  predis- 
posed to  rheumatism  of  the  several  kinds,  blood  trou- 
bles, kidney  and  liver  complaints,  catarrh  of  the  stom- 
ach  and   bowels,   obesity  and   other  ailments. 

The  baths  provided  in  the  equipment  of  the  Colfax 
are  not  surpassed  anywhere.  In  fact  there  is  every 
l>ath  here  that  is  known  to  modern  science  and  tlie 
finest    equipped   bath   rooms   in  America   are   under   the 


personal  direction  of  a  medical  adviser  whose  services 
are  at  the  disposal  of  all  patrons. 

Overwork,  worry,  dissipation,  nervous  weakness  and 
excessive  smoking  have  brought  many  to  the  Colfax 
for  the  famous  Nauheim  bath,  which  is  given  here 
with  the  same  results  as  are  obtained  at  the  Nauheim 
mineral  springs  in  Germany.  Among  the  other  batlis 
for  which  the  Colfax  is  equipped  and  which  are  daily 
given  patients  and  rest  seekers  are  the  Klectric  Light, 
Turkish,  Russian,  Cabinet,  Shampoo,  Massage,  Scotch 
Douch,  Sitz,  Needle,  Showers  and  Salt  Glow. 

Th€  following  Mineral  Properties  make  Colfa  v 
Walers  exceptionally  beneficial  in  many  complaints. 

Grains  per  gal 


MINERAL  PROPERTIES 


Amer- 
ican 
gallon 

231 
Cubic 
Inches 


Chloride  of  Sodium 3.85 

Sodium  Sulphate  i  78.86 

Potassium  Sulphate -- - .41 

MaKiiesian  Sulphate - 31.87 

Calcium  Sulphate -- - 13.07 

Calcium  Carbonate - - 17.51 

Iron  Carbonate 67 

Silicia  Alumina-- — .29 

Lithia Trace 

Carbon  Dioxide 7.18 

TOTAL ,  153.71 


.\nalysis  by  G.    HINRICHS.  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Chsmistry. 

Iowa  State  University. 


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COLFAX 

5.9  M.  West  to  MitehellviUe, 

l.G   M.    East   to 

Newton. 

HOTELS 

Capacity 
Guests     Rates  per  Day 

ilates  per 
Week 

Rates  per 
Week  with 
Treatment 

Hotel   Colfax    250 

(American  plan)  gar- 
age in  connection. 

$3.00  to  ?6.00 

.$20  up 

Extra 

Grand    Hotel     125 

(American  plan)  gar- 
age in  connection. 

2.00  to    2.50 

3  to  18 

.$18  to  $.15 

Victoria    Sanatorium..      100 

(American  plan) 
Mason  House    SO 

(American  plan) 

2.00  to     2.50 
2.0(1  lo    :'..oo 

10  to  15 
Special 

16  to     30 
Special 

Centropolis    Hotel    ...        50 
(European  plan) 

1.00  uj) 

Special 

G.\RAGES — Hadsell's  Garage, 
Hotel. 

Dun  ton  Garage 

.  Hotel  C 

olfax.  Grand 

IIKIX  TEI.EPHOIVE— Telephone  Building  on 

Main  St. 

COLFAX 

For  ITotels   and   Garages   see    foregoing   page. 

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REFRESH  YOURSELVES 

H.  W.  WOOD 

JEWELER  AND 
OPTICIAN 

Souvenir  Spoons  ^nd 
Post  Cards.  Station^ 
ery  and  Fancy  goods 

COLFAX,  IOWA 

C.  W.  CRISMAN.  Pres, 
S.  B.  WHEELOCK.  Vice  Pres. 
M.   B.  WHEELOCK.  Cash. 
H.   LEIGHTON.  Ass-tCash. 

The 

Citizen's  State  Bank 

of  Colfax,  Iowa 

GENERAL 
BANKING 

The    Glidden    Tourists    lined    up    at    THE    COLFAX 
BOTTLING  WORKS,  Colfav,  Iowa,  for  a  Free  Drink  of 

The  Famous  Colfax  Mineral  Water 

We  also  cordially  invite  all  auto  parties  passing  through 
Colfax.      Walnut  St.  and  Rock  Island  Tracks. 

OPPOSITE  THE  GARAGE 

JOHN  HADSE.LL  6  SON 

PROPRIETORS  OF 

The  SPRING  CITY  GARAGE. 

FRONT    ST.,  COLFAX,   IOWA 

All  Kinds  of  Auto  Repairing,  Lawn  Mowers 

Sharpened  and  Renewed,  Gas  and 

Steam  Eegines  Repaired 

Centropolis  Hotel 

p.  W.  Lueojen,  Prop.,    Colfax,  la 

J.  H.  DUNTON 

Auto'biles,    Repairs 

Accessories 

Etc.,  Etc. 

AGENT 

Velie  and  E.  M.  F. 
Automobiles 

COLFAX                   IOWA 

tUKU^bA N 

Competent    Medical    Attend- 
ants furnished  when  desired. 
I'ure    .Mineral    Water  Baths. 
Rales.  $1.00  Per  Day  and  up 

First    Nat'l    Bank 

COLFAX,    IOWA 
P.    E.    Johannsen,    Cashier 

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MASON  HOUSE 
^"x*!^  and  Colfax  Mineral 
Hn       Springs,  Colfax,  la. 


4  M  ERIC  A  N    PLAN 

RATF^S*    52.00    per   day. 

nnilyO.  -With  Private 
Bath,  S2.50  and  13.00  per  day.  Mineral  Water  Baths  with  Expert 
Attendant.  $1 ,00  each,  or  six  for  S5.00,  We  will  take  pleasure  in 
showins  rooms  and  giving  weekly  rates. 

Comfietent  Physician  to 
Direct  Treatment 


H.  A.  THOMAS,  Prop. 


The  GRAND  HOTEL  and 
MINERAL  SPRINGS 

All  Kinds    of  Baths 


Most  Centrally  Located 
Two  Blocks  East  of  Bank 
Corner — Garage  in  Con- 
nection—The Place  for 
.■\11   Tourists.  Colfax,  la 

Keipp  &  ^Ijiiii,   Props 


mg^^^ 


VICTORIA  SANATORIUM  and  COLFAX 

MINERAL  SPRING 


Best  Table,  Best  Rooms 
Best  Water,  Best  Baths 
Best  Service  of  Every 
Kind     :::::;: 


CALL   AND   LOOK    US    OVER!  OR    SEND  FOR    BOOKLET 


FRY'S  PURE  COLFAX  MINERAL  WATER 

Always  Satisfactory 

FRY'S  GINGE.R  ALE 

Always  the  Best.      There  Are  A'o  Substitutes 


BOTTLED  al   the  ORIGINAL     T\      C       FRY     /•     TO         Jnr- 
FRY    SPRING  By    ,    ,    ■_    ■    U.    \^.     I  R  I     Co    V/U.,    IIIC. 


A.  W.  HALL,  Secy,  and  Treas. 


87 


88 


I; 


The  upper  mile  is  the  Official  River  to  River  roail.  Tourists  wish- 
ing to  save  milage  are  advised  to  take  the  road  marlted  Good 
Road   to  Hotel   Colfax. 

89 


MITCHELVILLE 

6.9    M.    Southeast    to    Altoona.    5.9 

M.    East    to  Coltax. 
HOTEL — Cottagre      House,      $1.00 

per  day.   American. 
<;,\RAGE — Repairs,   J.    W.    Prlch- 

ard. 
(;asoli.\e — Tanner   Bros.,   .J.    W. 

I'richard.   H.    C.    Alvord. 
IIKLL      TKL,EI»HOXK— Telephone 

Building"   on   2d    St. 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The   Remedy   for  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


Automobile  Insurance 

BU I GK                                OHIO 

Most  Complete  Line  of  Acces- 
sories and  supplies  in  the  City. 

RIDDELL  AUTOMOBILE  CO. 

Des  Moines,  Iowa           :■:           8th  and  Locust  Sts. 
RENTING                                     REPAIRING 

Insurance   Company   of  North   America 
Capital  $4,000,000 

ALVERSON    &     MONTROSE 

GENERAL  AGENTS  FOR  IOWA 

IOWA  LOAN  &  TRUST  BLDG.                    DES   MOINES,  IOWA 

iLaijfniuist  (Uarnauc  an^  A»tu  (£n- 

Standard    Automobiles 

Studebaker  "Garford  40's"                  Studebaker  Electrics 

Franklin  "Air  Cooled" 

E-M-F-"30"                        Flanders  "20" 

J^^HE  most  up-to-date  carriage   and    auto- 
^I/    mobile  shop  in  the  middle  west.     We  do 
it  all — overhauling,  machine  work,  blacksmith- 
ing,  forging,    spring    and    wheel  work,    wood 
work,  painting,  trimming,  and  "auto  tops  that 
fit."     Write  or  come  and  see  us  at 

514-522  W.  Second  St.         Des  Moines,  Iowa 

Accessories  and  Supplies 

You  Are  Invited  to  Make  (lur  Garage  Your  Headquarters. 

Van  Vliet-hletcher  Automobile  (Jo. 

Tenth  and  Walnut  Sts.,  Des  iMoines,  Iowa 

90 


ALTOONA 


11.2    M.     Southwest    to    Des 

Moines  Locust   St.    Bridge. 

8.9  M.  Northeast  tul^litchell- 

ville. 
HOTEL — Haines  Park,  rate 

Si. 50;  two  restaurants. 
GARAGE — None.      Repairs 

by  H.B.  Blakely.  blacksmith 

GASOLIXE— Ferugson  Grocery,  Ma- 
son Grocery,  Porter  Hardware. 

IIKLI.  TKLEriEOXE— Telephone 
Building  on  Second  Street. 


A.    North    Forty-second    Street,    West 
Fasten  Boulevard. 


DES   MOINES 


HOTELS — Chamberlain  (The),  cor.  7th  and  Locust,  $1.50 
up.  Kuropean.  Elliott,  219-21  4th,  $0.75  up,  Euro- 
pean; Graefe  House,  214  Walnut,  $0.50  up,  European; 
Iowa,  cor.  4th  and  Court  Ave.,  $0.75  up,  European; 
Kirkwood  (The),  cor.  4th  and  Walnut,  $0.75  up,  Euro- 
pean: Koyal  (The),  70D-11  Mulberry,  $0.7.')  up.  Euro- 
pean: Savery  (The),  cor.  4th  and  Locust,  $1.00  up, 
European;  Victoria  (The),  cor.  6th  and  Chestnut, 
$0.75  up,  European;  Wellington  (The),  cor.  5th  and 
Grand,  $0.75  up,  European. 

tJAR.VGES — Bernhard  &  Turner  Automobile  Co.,  508-510- 
512-514  7th  St.;  Cruzan  Co.,  200  W.  Walnut;  Herring 
Motor  Car  Co..  912-914  Locust  St.;  Independent  Auto 
Co.,  612-614  Mulberry  St.;  Iowa  Automobile  *  Supply 
Co.,  407-411  4th  St.,  opposite  Savery  Hotel  on  4th  St.; 
r.agernuist  Carriage  &  Auto  Co.,  The.  514-522  2d  St.: 
Leachman  &  Claiborne,  8th  &  Mulberry;  Riddell 
Automobile  Co.,  720-722  Locust  St.;  Sears  Automobile 
Co.,  10th  and  Locust;  Van  Vliet-Fletcher  Auto  Co.. 
10th  and  Walnut;  Wells,  L.  J.,  Livery  &  Automobile 
Co.,  The,  office  119  4th  St.,  garage  117  8th  St. 

RELL  TELEPHONE — Telephone  Building,  7th  and  Pleas- 
ant  Sts. 


(;(»I\G    «  EST   THHOIGH    DES    MOINES. 

Turn  right  at  point  ",\"  (Easton  Boulevard  and  42d 
St.)  on  map;  cross  trolley  at  Grand  Vievy  Park  on  right; 
follow  main  travel  (Easton  Boulevard)  picking  up  trolley 
short  distance  beyond  Easton  Place  M.  E.  Church: 
straight  ahead  with  trolley;  cross  railroad  twice,  turn 
left  and  riglit  with  trolley:  pass  square  on  left  and  turn 
left  with  trolley  one  block  farther  on:  continue  for  four 
blocks,   turn  right;   state  Capitol   one   block   beyond;   tu' i. 


left  with  trolley  on  farther  side  of  Capitol  grounds  and 
right  into  Locust  Street:  continue  straight  ahead  over 
Locust  street  bridge  (Coliseum  on  right)  to  4th  and  Lo- 
cust (Savery  Hotel  on  right;  Iowa  Publishing  Company, 
Home  of  tills  Guide  on  left) ;  continue  straight  ahead  on 
Locust  street  for  three  blocks  to  Chamberlain  Hotel,  turn 
right  and  left  one  block  beyond;  now  on  Grand  .Vve. : 
straight  ahead  leaving  trolley  at  St.  Katherine's  Home. 
Continue  on  asphalt  pavement  passing  Ingersoll  .\muse- 
ment  Park  on  right;  cross  trolley,  wooSen  bridge  and 
railroad;  see  next  map. 

GOING    EAST    THROUGH    DES    MOINES. 

Cross  railroad,  wooden  bridge  and  trolley;  pass  Inger- 
soll Amusement  Park  on  left;  continue  straight  ahead 
on  asphalt  IGrand  .\ye.)  picking  up  trolley  at  St.  Kather- 
ine'N  Home;  straight  aliead  on  brick  pavement  turnin,g 
riglit  "U'ith  trolley  at  Des  Moines  Life  Insurance  Building 
(7tli  and  Grand)  for  one  block;  turn  left.  Chamberlain 
Hotel  on  corner;  straight  ahead  on  Locust  street  (Savery 
Hotel  on  left,  4th  and  Locust  streets;  Iowa  Publishing 
Co.,  Home  of  this  Guide,  on  right);  cross  Locust  street 
bridge.  Coliseum  on  left,  continue  straight  ahead  over 
railroad  crossing  to  State  Capitol;  turn  left  and  right 
with  trolley  around  capitol  grounds  and  left  with  trolley 
over  block  beyond;  follow  trolley  turning  right  four 
blocks  farther  on;  pass  square  on  right,  and  pass  up 
trolley  on  left  one  block  beyond,  continuing  with  main 
trolley  turning  left  and  right  crossing  railroad  twice  to 
end  of  line.  Pass  Easton  Place  M.  E.  Church  on  left; 
straight  ahead  on  main  travel  (Easton  Boulevard)  bear- 
ing left  and  right,  crossing  trolley  at  Grand  View  Park 
on  left  to  point  "A"  (Easton  Boulevard  and  42d  St.)  on 
map;  turn  left. 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    for  90  Per  Cent    of   Your    Auto    Troubles. 

SAVERY  HOTEL,  Des  Moines,  Iowa 

CHRISTIAN  &  HEDRICK,  Props. 


^Tliis  Hotel  is  centrally  located  and  close  to  all  Theatres  and  other  Places  of  Amusement.  Head- 
quarters for  GLIDDEN'  TOUR,  1910,  and  all  Automobile  Parties  passing  through  Des  Moines. 
First  Class  Cafe  in  Connection.     Rates,  $1.00  and  up.     Baths,  $2.00  and  up. 

flThe  Elliott  and  Oxford  at  Des  Moines,  The  Lacey  at   Oskaloosa    and    The    Keoknk 

at  Keokuk  under  same  management.     Satisfaction  and  Courteous  Treatment  (Guaranteed. 


G.  H.  HUTTENLOCHER,  MGR. 

URISHA) 


TOM    REILLY 

(GERMAN) 


The  Crocker  Cl^ar  Store 

WEST  5TH   AND   LOCUST 

The    Leading   Brands  Cigars  Al^vays  on  Hand. 
GonnissenrH    in  Smokers  Articles 

C.  C.  TAFT  CIGAR  CO.,  Props. 


HERRING  MOTOR  CAR  COMPANY 

912-914   LOCUST  STREET.   DES   MOINES 

FORD  and  PREMIER  Automobiles.  Firestone 
Tires,  Supplies  and  Sundries 

ATLANTIC  AUTOMOBILE  COMPANY 

210-212  CHESTNUT  ST.,  ATLANTIC,  IOWA 
30    FOURTH    ST..    COUNCIL    BLUFFS,    IOWA 

FORD.  REO  and  PREMIER   Cars,   Firestone 
Tires,  Supplies  and  Sundries 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    for  90  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


Leach  man-Glai  borne 
Company 


Largest    Repairing  and   Rebuilding  Plant  in    the    West 
Accessories     ::     Storage 


800-02-04-06  Mulberry  St.        Des  Moines,  lowa 


MOON    CARS 

30  $1500         45  $3000 


4  1-2x5 


Four    Speeds 
Forward 


L.  J.  Wells   Livery   and  Automobile  Go. 

117  Eighth  St.,   Des   Moines,  lowa 


U J       i 


DES  MOINES,  IOWA 

Made  all  of  the  best  illustrations  appearing  in  this  book.     We  can  do  as  well  by  you. 


DES   MOINES 

15.2  M.  West  to  Waukee  from 
Savery  Hotel,  11.2  M.  Bast  to 
Altoona. 

For  Hotels,  Garages  and  descrip- 
tion of  route   through   city  see 

page   91. 


95 


Easton  Boulevard  and  42nd  St. 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    for  90  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


Independent  Auto  Co. 

SUCCESSORS  TO    BUCK    AUTO   CO. 


«il2-(;l  1    Mulberry   Slrei-t 


REPAIRING   :   STORAGE    :    OVERHAULING 


OFFICIAL  GARAGE 


Amenta  for 

Reo 

Mitchell 

Stoddard  Dayton 


COViPLETE   LINE  OF  TIAES  AND   SUNDRIES.     BEST   GRADE   OIL 

SEARS  AUTO  CO. 

I.arijest  Auto  Doalprs  in  Xo\«'it.      Cor.  lOlli  aiifl  l^f»cust  Sts. 


Ca 
AL 


arterca 


TOMOBILES 


R 


$1050 

TO 

$1605 


The    Quiet    Running    Car    and    Noted 
Hill  Climber 

CRUZAN    COMPANY 

200   West  Walnut   Street 


Iowa    I'hone    14(>l 


Miitiiiil    Phone   />OU 


BeRNHAHD  &!  TlTKNER  AUTOMOBILE  Co. 

5(>S-.";i<»-5)".»    S«'veii(li   Street 

FULL  LINE  OF  TIRES  AND  ACCESSORIES  A  SPECIALTY  :  :  STORAGE  ACCOMMODATION   FOR  125  CARS 

LARGEST  AND  BEST  EQUIPPED   REPAIR  SHOP   IN   THE  STATE 


96 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    for  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


Creger  Curtain  Fastener 

for 

Buggies  and  Automobiles 

The  Latest  Out        Neat  and  Durable 
Will  not  come  unfastened  or  wear  out  the  curtain. 

Manufactured  by 

Merchants  Safe  Account  Co.,  D^^il^MolNrsrlowA 

Ideal  Auto  Oils  Lead  Them  All 

If  you  want  to  make  fast  time  on  long  trips— Use  IDEAL  AUTO  OIL.  The  only 
auto  oil  on  the  market  compounded  of  strictly  pure  Pennsylvania  Oil,  free  from  Asphal- 
tum  and  Sulphur  which  make  Carbon.  Ideal  Auto  Oil  has  a  high  viscosity  at  a  high  tem- 
perature. Ideal  Auto  Oil  has  made  a  record.  We  will  send  a  barrel  or  a  10  gallon  can 
on  an  absolute  guarantee  to  give  perfect  satisfaction  or  money  refunded. 
Our  Specialties— Penn  Rose  Gas,  Rex  Polish,  Ideal  Anti-Carhon  Compound,  Ideal  Auto  Soap, 
Star  Transmission  Oil.     Give  Us  a  Trial  Order. 


Manhattan  Oil  Company 


Si.   I'aul,  Minn., 


Des  Moines,  Iowa, 


Watertown,  S.  Dak., 


Omaha,  Neb., 


Mitchell,  S.  Dak. 


97 


WOOD'S  ELECTRIC  LOCOMOBILE 

C  Courteous  and  prompt  treatment  \^ill  be  received  if  you 
make  our  Garage  your  headquarters  while  in  Des  Moines. 
Here  you  will  have  an  opportunity  of  inspecting  the  most 
complete  line    of  automobile  supplies    in    the    middle   west. 

Accessories,  Repairing,  Storage,   Vulcanizing, 
Gasoline,  and  Oils 


Iowa  Auto  and  Supply  Company 

407-09-11   Fourth  St.,  Des  Moines,   Iowa 
io;;X"""''  "ffE  NEVER  CLOSE" 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    for  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


Independent  Auto  Co. 

SUCCESSORS    TO    BUCK    AUTO    CO. 


612-(;i   I    Mulberry   Street 


REPAIRING   :   STORAGE    :    OVERHAULING 


OFFICIAL  GARAGE 


CO      PLETE   LINE   OF  TI-ES   AND   S     NDRIES.      BEST   GRADE   OIL 

SEARS  AUTO  CO. 

I.ari^est  Auto  Oeiiler>*  in  Io%«'a.       Cor.  10(h  and  Locust  Sts. 


G 


arterca 

AUTOMOBILES 


R 


$1050 
$1605 


The    Quiet    Running    Car    and    Noted 
Hill  Climber 

CRUZAN    COMPANY 

200   West   Walnut   Street 


lowii   IMioiie    I  41)1 


Miiliiiil    Phone  502 


Bernhard  ^v  Turner  Automobile  Co. 

oOS.510-5)2   Seventh  Street 

FULL  LINE  OF  TIRES  AND  ACCESSORIES  A   SPECIALTY  :  :  STORAGE  ACCOMMODATION   FOR  125  CARS 

LARGEST  AND  BEST   EQUIPPED   REPAIR  SHOP   IN   THE  STATE 


99 


loo 


4    M.    West    to    Ortonville.    15.2    M. 

East      to      Savery      Hotel,      Des 

Moines. 
HOTEL — New    Waukee    Hotel. 
ti.VR.VGE — None.       Livery     stable 

will  accommodate.     Blacksmith 

shop   for   repairs. 
G.VSOLIXE — Crispin     &     Duncan. 

.1.    H.    Carter  &    Son. 
IIEL.L  TELEPHONE — Over   Wau- 

kee  Savings  Bank. 


lUl 


ORTONVILLE. 


2.7  il.  West   to  Ailel,  4  il.  East  to 
Waukee. 

liOTEL — None. 

GARAGE — None. 

<;.vsoi-lXE — None. 

102 


I  Xctel 


^P^pOSr  .  hop 


'  Waler  Pip^ 


Blaeftsntfh 


Sla£*jmt// : 


SanA 


DtU^   Ji  WP 


I  Hofel 


ADEL 


8.9   West  to   Redfleld,   2.7   M.   Bast 

to    Ortonville. 
HOTELS — .Vrlington.    rate    $2.00; 

Iowa,    rate    $1.00;    Adel    House, 

rate   $1.00. 
GAR.VGE — None. 


REP-VIIIS      A.\D      G.VSOLINE — F. 

D.    Burns,    blacksmith;    H.    De 
Camp,  blacksmith. 
BELL    TELEPHONE — Over    Adel 
State  Bank  on  Main  St. 


103 


FREXf'H  AUTO  OIT^the  Remedy  for  00  ].pr  cent  of  voiir  Aiitn  Tronl. 


.1.  W.  Kussell,  Preeident 

D.  A.  Blaachard,  V.  Prea. 
Wm.  Koberta,  Cashier 

V.  \V.  Miller.  Aast.  Cash. 
L,  R.  Roberts,  Asst.  Casb. 

mxst 

^attmtal  lank 

CAPITAL    S50,000 

ADEL.   IOWA 

DIRECTORS 
.J.   W.  RuEsrll                    I).  A.   Rlnnchnr^i 
Wm.   kLlxTtB                      Frjiiik  Hemphill 
A.. I.  Lyons        L.K.Knbi-rtB         iJ.E.Kii.B 

HESTON    AND    STACY 

ADEL.  IOWA 

DRUGS      :     COLD    DRINKS     :     CIGARS 
AUTOMBILE  OIL 

S.    M.    LEACH.    PBESIOENT 
ROBERT    L.    LEACH.    CASHIER 

THE  ADEL 

State  Bank 

CAPITAL  $50,00.00 

ADEL,    IOWA 

S.  M.  Leach.  Preeident 

Uhas.  R.  Ilrenton.  V.  Pres. 
Clyde  E.  Brenton,  V.  Pres. 
Samuel  V.  Kuft.  Cashier 

E.  R.  Biirkett.  Asst.  Casb. 

BANK 
OF  WAUKEE 

WAUKEE.   IOWA 

N.  E.  COLTON 

BLACKSMITHiNG 

Send  your  films  and 
plates  to  us  for  de- 
veloping and   finish- 
ing. 

F.  D.  Burns  &  Son 
A  del,  Iowa 

filarksmithing  and  all  kinds 
of  general  repair  work. 

AUTOMOBILE   REPAIRING 
AND    SUPPLIES.       AGENT 
FOR  THE   MITCHELL  CAR. 

T/ie  Iowa 
Publishing  Company 

hourth  and  Locust  Streets 
Des  Moines,  Iowa 

J.B.J.  LOHNER 

Dealer   in    Real   Estate 

RESPONSIBILITY    S75O.000.00 

REDFIELD,  IOWA 

EXIRA,    ■    ■    I  Off  A 

YOUR    BUSINESS    SOLICITED 

105 


6.5  M.  West  to  Dale  City.  8.9  M. 
East   to  Adel. 

HOTEL — None.  Rooms  and  meals 
can  be  had  at  restaurant,  Hug- 
gins  &   Stewart. 

G  VR.VGE — None.  N.  E.  Colton, 
blacksmith,   for  repairs. 

GVSOLIXE — .^t  Auto  Filling- Sta- 
tion  on  First   St.   near  Thomas. 

IlEbL.   TELEPHOXE — Over   State 


.V.  Road  here  goes  under  via- 
duct and  is  tlie  most  dangerous 
place  along  the  entire  River  to 
River  road.  Slow  down  and 
use  horn  freely. 

B.  Danger,  steep  hill  here.  Slow 
down. 


NOTE — River  to  River  road 
turns  in  Redfleld  at  Bank  on 
northwest  corner.  Drug  Store 
on  northeast;  bank  on  south- 
east and  Dry  Goods  Store  on 
southwest  corner. 


106 


DALE  CITY 

6.2  M.  West  to  Monteith,  6.5  M. 
East  to  Redfleld. 

HOTEL. — None.  Meals  and  room 
can  be  had  at  residence  of  F. 
C.  Bartlett,  opposite  General 
Store. 

G.VR.\GE — None.  Blacksmith  re- 
pairs  macliines. 

GASOLINE — .Vt    General    Store. 


107 


MONTEITH 

6.2  M.  West  to  Guthrie  Center, 
6.5    M.    East    to   Dale    City. 

HOTEL — None.  Meals  and  room 
can  be  had  at  the  private  home 
of   W.   Willey. 

G.\RAGE — None.  Repairs  at  Chas. 
Platte,    blacksmith. 

GASOLIXE — Reed  &  Branson, 
General    Store. 

BELL  TELEPHONE — In  the  gro- 
cery store:  only  one  in  town. 


Car   turning   south. 


GUTHRIE  CE.NTER 


13  2  M.  West  to  North  Branch, 
6.2  M.  East  to  Montelth. 

HOTELS — Cottage.  rate  $2.00; 
Pilgrim,  rate   $2.00. 

GARAGES— C.  T.  Harney  &  Co., 
J.  W.  Hughes,  T.  J.  Foster. 

G  VSOLINE— .Vt  garages  or  Stand- 
ard  Oil   Station. 

BELL  TELEPHONE— Up  Stairs 
over  Lawyer's  Office  on  State 
St. 


LcJ  L_ 


-sr.-^ 


PILGRIM  HOTEL 

OFFICIAL   RIVER    TO    RIVER    HOTEL 
GUTHRIE  CENTER.  IOWA 

RATES,    $2    PER   DAY 

M.  A.  TILLINGHAST,    Proprietor 


109 


110 


ll.r.    M.     WVst    to    Exira,    t3.2    -M. 
East   to  Guthrie  Center. 

Gates,   rate   $1.00   . 


GAIl.VGE — Xonc.  Levi  Stillians 
does  repair  worlt  and  Iceeps  a 
tour-barrel  tank   of  gasoline. 


Turning  point  of 
River  to  River 
Road  at  Exira. 
Lumber  office  on 
northwest  cor- 
ner. Hardware 
store  southwest. 
Drug  store  on 
southeast. 


EXIRA 


5  -M.  South  to  Oakfield.  11.5  Jl. 
lCa.st   to  North  Branch. 

HOTELS — Park,  rate  .?2.00;  .\n- 
drews.  rate  $2.00:  two  restaur- 
ants. 

G.VR.VGES — H.    P.    Hansen, 
Exira  Auto  &  Machine  Works. 

G.VSOLINE — Garages  and  C.  \V. 
Hansen. 

BELL  TELEPHONE — N.  Hansen's 
Drug-  Store. 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    f;r  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


H.    P.    Hansen 
Auto  Co. 

AGENT    FOR 

Hoo,    K<>r<l  iiiifl    ISriisli 
AiifoiiiohiloK 

STORAGE 

FIRE   PROOF   GARAGE 

EXIRA        -        IOWA 


CHAS.  VAN   GORDER,  Pres.  EDWIN  DELAHOYDE,  Cash 

iLht  Exfhanrir  lauk 

DOES    A    GENERAL    BANKING    BUSINESS 

EXIRA  ...  -  IOWA 


P.  M.  CHRISTENSEN  Nels  Hansen  HiRA^Ji 

r//E     lEWELER  Prescriptiun  Dru,,rst 

: CIGARS.    TOBACCOS    AND 

EXIRA                      IOWA  SUDA  FOUNTAIN 


Motorist  Take  Notice  ! 


We  carry  a  complete  line  of 
Oils.  Tires  and  Automobile 
Supplies.  Also  well  equipped 
to  do  all  kinds  of  repairing. 
Tf  you  are  in  trouble  phone  92 
and  our  emergency  Car  and 
ilechanics  w:U  be  at  hand 
promptly- 

Exira  Auto  <5 
Machine  Wks. 

E,XIRA,    I)WA 


«»FFICEKS 

CHAS.   R.   BRENTON,   PiiES.     SAM'L   F.   FOFT.   Sec'Y  Treas. 
O.  A.   REPASS.  Vice   Pres.       JESSE  COPELAND   Gen     Mcr. 


niRECTORS 


JESSE  COPELAND 


O.  A.   REPASS 


CLYDE    E.    BRENTON 


The  Ne  Plus  Ultra  Generator  Co. 

INCORPORATED 

CAPITAL  STOCK        -        S20,000.()0 
WAUKEE,  IOWA 

The  Ne  Plus  Ultra  Generator  is  the  only  automobile  carbide  generator  supplying  gas  under  pressure.    The  most 
economical,  gives  the  best  light,    automatic    in  operation.      Write    for    full    information.       Terms    to    dealers. 


RAYfONj 


OAKFIELD 

6V2  M.  South  to  Lorali.  r,  M.  North 
to   Exira. 

HOTEL — None. 

G.vnVGE — None. 

G.VSOLINE — None. 

BRAYTON 

West    of   River   to    River    Road. 

HOTEIi — Beers. 

G.VR.VGE — None.       S.     R.     Nelson 
keeps    gasoline   and    batteries. 

IIELL.   TELEPHONE — R.    Miller's 
Drug  store. 


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LORAH 


7    M.    Southwest    to    Atlantic.    C  >i 
M.  North  to  OakfleUl. 

IIOTKL — None. 

GAR.VGE — None. 

G.VSOLIIVE — None. 


SEE  ATLANTIC'  'm 


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KODAKS 


Films,  River  (<>  Hiver 

R4KI<1     (illi<ION 


F.  M.  Alexaiukr 
ATLANTIC.  lA. 


Atlantic   Nat'l   Bank 

ATLANTIC      ■      IOWA 

The  Oldest  Bank 
in  Cass  County  and 
the  only  National 
B;ink  in  Atlantic 

Capital       '       ■       $100,000 
Surplus  4  Profits  ■  SSO.OOO 


PARK  HOTEL  »%ir"' 

6th  and  Chestnut  S'reets,  Atlantic,    Iowa 


Riites,  S-'OO;  with  Bath,  Ji.50 
Special  Attention  to  Auto  Par- 
ties. Convenient  to  The  John- 
son Garage         :         :         :         : 


W,  B.  ELLIOTT    =    Prop. 


ATLANTIC 

7.4  M.  West  to  Marne,  7  il.  North- 

ast  to  Lorah. 
HOTEL — Park,    rate    ?2.00;    three 

restaurants. 

G.VRAGES — Johnson  Auto  Co., 
Wetzel  Auto  Co.,  Atlantic  Auto 
Co. 

(;AS0JL.INE — .\t  garages. 

II!;I,L  TEIyEPHONE — Cor.  5th 
and  Chestnut  Sts. 


US 


MARNE 


.G    .\I.    A\-e.st    to    Walnut, 
JOast    to    Atlantic. 


HOTKL — None. 
E.   Derby. 

GARAGE — None. 

GASOH\'E — At  General  Sto:  e. 

BELL    TELEl»HO.\E — E.    Wheel- 
er's   Grocery    Store. 

Restaurant   at   turning-  point. 


'A"  Sisn  liere  reads  "Turn  left 
and  take  good  roads  to  Marne. 
2V4  miles."  This  was  evidently 
put  up  by  some  enthusiast 
along  the  road  wishin.s  to  draw 
the  tourists  his  way.  It  is  ad- 
vised to  follow  River  to  River 
Road  which  leads  one  mile 
nortli  over  viaduct.  thence 
west,  thereby  avoiding  railroad 
crossing  into  Marne. 


4     IVl. 
Restaurant.      R. 


FRENCH    AUTO    OIL— The    Remedy    fcr  90  Per  Cent    of    Ycur    Auto    Troubles. 


When  in  Walnut 

Go  to  the 

Blue  Ribbon   Buffet 

For  a  Gold   Bottle   of 
Beer  or  a  Good  Gigar 

The  PALACE  CAFE 

0.    W.  HENNINGS,   Prop. 

Cigars     ::     Tobaccos     :;     Fruits     ::     Nuts 
Confectionery     ::     News  Depot 

MEALS  Ayr)  SHORT  ORDERS  A  SPECIALTY 

l=:r/ph"or""                               Walnut,  lowa 

W.  R.  Bixby,  Prop.          Walnut,  Iowa 

EDWARD  D    BURKE,                   ROSE  E.  ERASER, 

Pres.  and  Cash.                                                         Asst.  Cash. 

IHE 
CITIZENS  BANK 

Walnut         ....         Iowa 

The  IOWA  PUBLISHING  CO. 

M.    HVEBINGER,  C.   E.    General  Manager 

FORMERLY     OF      DAVENPORT,     IOWA 

MAP  AND  ATLAS  PUBLISHERS 

Commercial  Photographers,   Commercial  Draftsmen, 
Blue  Printers,  Surveyors,   Engineers 

Estimates    on     all     Kinds    of    Map    Work 
Developing    and   Finishing  for    Amateurs 

i- 7  S^'ir.;*"/,. /.=.„«  s..      Des  Moines,  Iowa 

WALNUT 


6.6  M.  West  to  Avoca,  7.6  M.  East 

to  Marne. 
HOTEL — Cottage,        rate 

Burmeister.     rate     $1.00; 

restaurants. 
G.\R.\GE — Burke    &    Pratt 
G.\J>OLl\'E — .\t    garage. 
HEI.I,      TELEPHONE — J. 


$2.00: 
three 


Fred 


WAJlNUT 


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avoca"hotel 

C.  J.  GUTTENFELDER,  Proprietor 

Rates  $2.00  per  day 

SPECIAL  Attention  to  TOURISTS 


AVOCA. 


IOWA 


Norton  Auto 

Company 


U  K  A  1.  K  R  S      IN 

Auto  Supplies 

White    Rose    Gas 


AVOCA 


IOWA 


AVOCA 


10.8  M.  West  to  Minden,  6.6  M. 
East   to   Walnut. 

HOTELS — Avoca.  rate  $2.00; 
Tanims,  rate  $1.00;  three  res- 
taurants. 

GARAGE — Norton    Auto    Co. 

G.V.SOLIN'E — At  .parage  and  at 
Standard    Oil    Station. 

BELL  TELEPHONE — .V.  J.  Max- 
well's Drug  Store. 


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Celebrating-   4th    of   July    at    Min- 
den. 


MINDE.N 


4.6    M.    Southwest    to    Neola,    10.8 
M.   East  to  Avoca. 

HOTELS — Union,        rate        $1.50; 
Commercial,   rate   $1.50. 

gar.vge; — None. 

GASOLINE — .\t  garage  and  John 
Geiger   who   has    150-gal.    tank. 

HELL     TELEPHONE — Max    Leh- 
man's Drug  Store. 


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T.  A.  Mitchell 


T.  W.  McDermolt 


NEOLAAUTOCO. 

Agon(s  tor  MAXWELL,  REO  £> 
FORD  CARS 


Autos   lor   sale,   auto  renairing,  auto 
livery,  auto  supplier  and  re'  airs. 


6.1    M.    Southwest    to   Underwood, 

4.6   M.  Northeast   to  Mindon. 
HOTELS — Clifton,       rate       $2.00; 

O'Connor,    rate    $1.00;    Central, 

rate  $1.00. 
GAUAGK — Mitchell  &■  McDennott. 
(;.\S(>I,I.\K — .\t      prarag^e     and     at 

Standard   Oil  Station. 
BELL  TELEPHONE — Fourlh   and 

Main    Sts. 


.\.     Car    headed    north. 

B.     Turning     point.     Coal     Ollice. 

norteast      corner,      Blacksmith 

southwest  corner. 


UNDE.RWOOD 

6.1    M.    Southwest    to    Weston,    6.1 

M.    Northeast   to   Neola. 
HOTEL — Schmaedecke.  $1.00  day. 
G.VR.VGE — None.      No    one    to    do 

repair   work   here. 
G.XSOHNE — Shield      Bros.,      Reed 

&    Masters.   W.    F.    Cash. 
BEL,!.       TELEPHONE — On  Main  St. 


II.     Car    Uiiiiin-,     lu'itli. 


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A.     Car    headed    north. 


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7.4  II.  Southwe-st  to  Council 
Bluffs.  6.1  M.  Northeast  to  Un- 
derwood. 

HOTEL — The   Weston,   rate    $1.25. 

G.VRAGE — None.  A.  Iverson, 
blacksmith,  does  repairing. 

GASOLINE — P.  C.  Peterson,  Tom 
Smith. 

HELL  TELEPHONE — Part  ot 
Council   Bluffs,    no    pay   station. 


'A"     Car    headed    nortliwest    out 
of   Council   Bluffs. 


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i;\TKRl\<i    <  !>l  \<ll.    IIM  FFS. 

Turn  right  at  general  store  marked  '"A"  (see  iilioto).  follow 
road  to  trolley  line  at  Jennie  Edmundson  Hospital.  Turn  right 
one  block,  then  left  and  follow  trolley  to  center  of  city  along 
r.roadwav.  For  Omaha;  Continue  west  along  Broadway.  l?av.ng 
irulley  tliree  blocks  after  first  railroad  cross  ng:  Toll  Bridge;  10 
cents  for  car  and   5  cents  for  each  occupant. 


Car  headed  rortliwe-.t 
out  of  Council  Bluff.-.  • 


111,1  FFS. 

r'iik  lip  trolley  on  Broadway,  follow  to  .Jenn  e  Edmundson 
HospitiU.  turn  left,  follow  'telesrapli  iioles  to  point  "A"  (sec 
l)li()to).   turn  left. 


COUNCIL  BLUFFS 


..4   M.  Northeast  to  Weston.  „,,        ,.    ., 

IIOTFI, — The    Grand    Hotel,    rates    .ill. 00    up.    European:    The    Keil. 

.Sl.OO  per  day. 
III'.I.L   TFI,KI'H«IMO — No.    12    Scott    St. 

no. 


Muscatine    Branch 

of 

River  to   River   Road 


Davenport  -  Muscatine  -  West  Liberty 


10  M.  East  to  Davenport.  12  11. 
We.-it   to  Sweetland. 

HOTELS — None.  No  restaurants. 
Meals  and  rooms  can  be  had 
at  the  home  ot  T.  Goerins.  Al- 
so meals  at  L.  S.  Robinson. 

c;.VRAGK — None.  Repairs       by 

blacksmith.     Henry    Kuhlman. 

i;.VS01,IXE — Kautz,  general  store 
and  Plett  tt  Schroeder,  general 
store. 

iii;i,i,  TKi.iMMioxE — At  stores. 


PLEASANT  PRAIRIE 

Villa  Lie.       Xo    accniiiiinnhii  iuiis. 

ME.LPINE 

Village.      Xo    a.cimmurlaiions. 


SWEETLAND 

11  M.  i;ast  I..  l;lu.-  r.la.-s.  11. fi  .M. 
Soiithwe.'^t    to    .Mu.-^catine. 

HOTKI.S — None.  Board  and  rooms 
at   ^uncan'^s  store. 

<;  \.«OM.\E — At  Duncan's  gen- 
eral store.     No  garage. 


J  MUSCATINE 

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FRENCH    AUTO    OIL — The    Remedy   for  go  Per  Cent    of    Your    Auto    Troubles. 


AUTO     LIVERY    AND     SUPPLIES 


FRED  BOWMAN 


Bnick    and    E.    M.    &    F.    Gars 


Autos  I  Waftons   t    Ba^fties   :    Harness 


OPP.   ROCK   ISLAND   DEPOT,   MUSCATINE,   IOWA 


WHEN  COMING  THROUGH    MUSCATINE. 
IOWA.  CALL  AT  THE 

JACKSON   MOTOR   CAR  CO'S.  GARAGE 

Full   Line  of  Supplies  and  Good  Men 
in  Shop  for  Repairing 

100-108   W.    FOURTH    i.T.,   OPP,    POST   OFFICE 

We   Also  Sell   Automobiles 


MORA  Muscatine         OAKLAND 

SM ALLEY  AUTO 
&  MARIINE  CO. 

GARAGE,  SUPPLIES,  COMPLETE   REPAIR   SHOP 
Iowa   Phone   92S  X        Near  Hii!h  Brldlie        .T  1  ;»  E.  Front  S« 


L.  R.  HEITZ 

Aulomobile     and     General 
Repair  Work 

All     Kinds     of     Machinery 
Built  and  Repaired 


723  E.  Second  St..    Between  Oak 

and    Sprini!     Streets 

PHONE  528  Y 


MUSCATINE,    IOWA 


E.  E.   DAVIDSON 


News 


and 
Stationery 

MUSCATINE.   IOWA 


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E.VTEKIXG    MrSCATI>'E    FROM    DAVEXPOUT. 

River  to  River  road  turns  south  with  an  octagonal 
liouse  to  rigrht.  Pick  up  trolley  one-half  mile  soutli,  fol- 
low trollej'  along  Park  Ave.  to  Second  and  turn  to  risht 
witli  trolley,  down  grade.  Cross  steel  bridge  and  pass 
L.  R.  Heitz  Garage  on  left.  Cross  railroad  twice,  turn 
right  at  Second  and  Mtilberry  streets  leaving  trolley  to 
center  of  cit  y. 

iiEAVlXG    MISC.VTIXE    FOR    DAVEM'ORT. 

Start  Second  and  Mulberry,  follow  street  car  track 
cross  railroad  twice,  pass  L.  R.  Heitz  Garage  on  right, 
cross  steel  bridge  up  grade,  turn  left  with  trolley  at  Sec- 
ond and  Park  Ave.,  follow  trolley  to  end  of  line,  leave 
trolley  continue  north,  pass  octagonal  house  on  left. 
River  to  River  road  turns  northeast  at  this  point. 

LE.VVISrG   MUSCATIXE   FOR  WEST   LIIIEKTV. 

Starting  at  Second  and  Mulberry  turn  right  leaving 
car  track,  follow  along  Mulberry  street  picking  up  car 
track  four  blocks  north.  End  of  car  track  continue  north 
to  branch  road  on  right,  bear  to  right,  branch  road  on 
right  bear  to  left,  on  main  road. 

EXTERIXG    MrSC.XTIXE    FROM    WEST    LIBERTY. 

Bear  to  right  branch  road  to  left  bear  right,  branch 
road  on  left,  end  of  car  line  bear  left,  follow  car  I'he  to 
turning  point,  continue  straight  to  Second  and  Mulberry, 
turn  left.  pick"ui>  trnllc>-,  center  nf  cUy 


MUSCATINE. 


6.,'i  JI.  Northeast  to  Sweetland,   17.8  M.  Xorthwest  to   West 

Liberty. 
IIOTKliS — Grand,   rate  .?2.00,   .\merican  plan:   Commercial. 

rate    $0.50,    $O.T.t   and    $1.00,    European    plan:    Kemble, 

rate   $1.00.   American  plan. 
u  \R  \*;i":s — Bowman's    Garage.    .Tackson    Motor    Car    Co.. 

Smalley  Garage.  Heitz  Garage,   Fisher   Auto  Co. 
(i\S(»l,l\E — -Xt   garages. 
IIIOM.   TELEPHONE — Iowa   Telephone  Building. 


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